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Michael Cacoyannis's Iphigenia is "based" on Euripides's Iphigenia at Aulis, but has been freely "translated" by the director from ancient Greek verse into modern Greek prose. At least half of the words have been discarded in the process. Something is inevitably lost, but the result is thoroughly satisfying cinematically, an impressive film which comes within striking distance of greatness, only to blunder shamefully in its final moments...
...vast aqueous empire. He had first visited the Pacific during the early '70s while commuting to two brief tours in Viet Nam and remembered the islands as "a frontier where tedium and pleasure competed for men's souls." Those territories today, he found, are suddenly facing very modern social and economic problems...
About the only things on Saipan as intractable as tangantangan are some of the symbols of modern U.S. civilization. Large supermarkets offer a wide variety of frozen goods. Many homes are air conditioned; so are most of the cars that whiz at alarming rates along the asphalt roads. Cinder block typhoon houses are neatly arranged, as is the golf course, which could be in the U.S. were it not for the crudely lettered sign outside the clubhouse door reading DO NOT GET ON THIS ROOF...
Implicit in the discussions was one basic fact of modern oil diplomacy: the U.S. vitally needs Riyadh's continued cooperation. To help the U.S. meet its future energy needs, Washington has urged the Saudis to increase their productive capacity from 11.6 million bbl. per day to 16 million bbl. by the early 1980s. The Saudis can thus exert pressure simply by limiting production...
...Trib has a fresh, modern look, and its newsroom is equipped with the latest in computer terminals, on which copy is fitted and transmitted to its New Jersey printing plant. The slim editorial staff of 77 includes two Pulitzer prizewinners, Managing Editor Fred Sparks and Art Critic Emily Genauer. With only a single bureau-one man in Washington -the new paper will rely heavily on United Press International and Reuters for national and international stories. Its resemblance to the old Herald Tribune is largely in name only, and even that is in dispute. The owners of the International Herald Tribune...