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...military threat to democracy in Latin America put by Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan and Chairman of the Board Andrew Heiskell. Pérez, the widely-respected President of an oil-rich nation that is one of Latin America's few democracies, was interrupted by martial music from a military band passing below the window of his office in Caracas' Miraflores Palace. Pérez paused, listened to the brassy march and then added: "That parade just underlines my point, doesn't it?" Some of the President's other points...
...martial arts fans, Bruce Lee chops his way through myriad enemies at Quincy House in a double bill of Fists of Fury and The Chinese Connection. And there's a different style of fighting in Jack Johnson at Science Center C. Johnson (remember The Great White Hope?) features actual footage from the black champion's bouts and includes a soundtrack composed for the movie by Miles Davis. Along with Johnson, Whirlwind L.B.D. is presenting Right...
...week 13 judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Elliott's conclusion about news coverage. Otherwise, wrote Judge Robert A. Ainsworth Jr., "the inevitable results would be that truly heinous or notorious acts would go unpunished." Besides, he added, the members of the Calley court-martial panel were scrupulously examined for their ability to be fair and open-minded. Five appeals judges believed Calley was unconstitutionally denied access to the findings of a congressional My Lai investigation, but an eight-man majority felt that his defense was not really hurt and reinstated his conviction. The case...
...deadly speed. The focus of their predawn attack was the cream-colored mansion of Sheik Mujib. Everyone inside was killed, including Mujib, his wife and several other members of his family; overall, perhaps 100 died during the takeover. At the end of last week the capital appeared calm under martial law. About a dozen M-47 tanks, their gun muzzles covered, were posted at main intersections, and soldiers leaned against the machines as pedestrians walked by. More ominous than the tanks, however, was the sense of uncertainty that seemed to pervade the new regime...
...years later, Shostakovich was back in favor again with the Fifth Symphony. Striving for simplicity, he avoided complexities and eccentric tonalities. Instead, he fashioned what became his characteristic symphonic architecture: sprawling largos, martial rhythms and jagged melodic intervals...