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...Harvard has improved its chances considerably since last season with the addition of three top-notch freshman, one of whom is Chris Biotti--a first round draft choice of the Calgary Flames...
...letter. As protests continued in the streets of Cairo, always under close supervision by riot police armed with tear gas and nightsticks, the Egyptian President demanded an apology from the U.S. for "all Egyptians." That prompted President Reagan's "Never" response, raising the public dimension of the crisis another notch. But already U.S. diplomats in Cairo were suspecting that Mubarak's outrage, while honest enough, was also part of a calculated effort to let the volatile Egyptian populace blow off steam over the EgyptAir incident. In the days ahead, Mubarak's tone would slowly moderate; meanwhile he staved off appeals...
Scorsese has told his tale at a pace just a little fizzier than the merely lifelike, encouraged his cameraman Michael Ballhaus to light it one notch brighter than reality, one notch darker than fantasy. His splendid actors never pause to explain their strange behavior. The result is a delirious and challeng- ing comedy, a postmodern Ulysses in Nighttown...
...said that in addition to sales tax generated for the state by students, staff and faculty brought into the city, Harvard and other local colleges have helped make Boston a high-tech center by offering employers top-notch graduates and academics...
...features some of the funnier lines of the year, does not rate as highly as many of the performances. Prizzi's Honor is one of the best films of 1985, but this is only because there haven't been many good movies released this year. The acting is top-notch, despite some flawed Italian accents, but the movie is too long and too complicated for it to be considered a great...