Word: paneled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...television news reporter for a Los Angeles station who wants desperately to break out of fluffy features and into hard news. Jack Lemmon plays the supervisor of a nuclear plant's control room and Michael Douglas plays the free-lance cameraman who secretly films Lemmon and his control panel during a near-disaster at the plant. Fonda and Lemmon are well-known supporters of liberal causes and are both outspoken opponents of nuclear power. Douglas, however, is not a political activist and as producer of the film, has a considerable financial stake in its box-office success...
...Happy news" reporter seeking a more substantial story, goes with cameraman Douglas to film a special at a nuclear power plant outside Los Angeles where Lemmon is the control-room supervisor. While getting the standard tour from the plant's public relations man, buzzers ring, bells clang, the control panel lights up like a Christmas tree gone berserk, and the building shakes. Clearly, something is wrong...
...discussed a variety of proposals, including limiting approval rights for independent work to teaching faculty and setting up a review panel for controversial cases...
...case sudden inspiration happens to strike anyone in the audience, or anyone in Cambridge for that matter, auditions at the Nameless are backstage until 10:30 p.m. before a panel of one. One the average, about four people audition a night; Nameless is now booking...
Obviously, this discussion could not get very specific, since a covert operation openly advocated is a contradiction in terms. But the panel did produce a list of countries where the U.S. could profitably operate. Afghanistan. Iraq, a police state with severe tribal problems. Syria, a minority government beset by corruption. South Yemen, which Akins said "is not considered a country; it is considered a Soviet base. Two-thirds of the population have fled as refugees. They can all be used to go back into the country...