Word: oceaneering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. L. (for Lewis) Francis Herreshoff, 82, master yacht designer; in Boston. Most widely known for his do-it-yourself designs, Herreshoff built handsome wooden yachts, including Whirlwind, a 1930 contender to defend the America's Cup; and Ticonderoga, a trim, graceful 72-ft. ocean racer (built in 1936), which won the 1966 Transpac race from San Francisco to Honolulu...
...callously digging into Maria's past and releasing her photographed emotions as his first film. A talk-show panelist calls it "an existential performance." (It couldn't be Maria's life anymore.) But the manipulation goes deeper. A woman watching T.V. footage of her house sliding into the ocean comments on the good camerawork. Early in the movie while the camera pass the desert and finally settles on a God-forsaken huddle of buildings. Maria's voice-over tells us that she grew up in a nearly deserted town called Silver Wells, Nevada. Maria says, "This is not Silver Wells...
...Ocean Springs, Miss...
Russell Train, chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, describes the agreement as "a historic step toward the control of global pollution." But it is only a first step. For one thing, the convention does not mention rivers, which carry immense amounts of dangerous wastes into the oceans. For another, the pact depends on international cooperation rather than strict enforcement of clear standards. Each nation is called on merely to "take all practical steps" to prevent ocean dumping, including setting its own penalties for violators. In an "emergency," moreover, a nation can ignore the bans after consulting with other...
...curious and unique talent, especially adept at expressing elfin, vaguely threatening sexuality. Maria, obsessive and tormented, eludes her. Less introverted than preoccupied, Tuesday seems as lost as Maria herself, although the only good moment in the film is hers. "See the pyramids all wet with rain / Cross the ocean in a silver plane" Maria croons, stoned crazy in an old 16-mm. verité documentary of Carter's, and in those few seconds Weld touches some of Maria's torment and vulnerability. Perkins has a little more success in the role of the producer, which is less complex...