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...like a pleasant dream, the details fade as soon as the film ends. Annaud and Dawaere, lestetes-unis, have great fun showing us the delicate power of restraint, even extending their satire to religion. But they never manage to draw us into their world. It ultimately remains much like the tight-knit, snobbish French villages they try to ridicule: neat, petty, and deluded by a mistaken sense of self-importance...
...this, the year of the Olympic boycott, the U.S. Track and Field Trials were a fast race to nowhere. For American athletes, the road to Moscow was closed when Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. Still the Trials went on last week in Eugene, Ore., a pleasant college town that calls itself the track and field capital of the nation. At stake was the somewhat empty designation "Olympian," a set of bright new red, white and blue U.S.A. uniforms for the top three finishers in each event, and an invitation to the White House July 30. Though the U.S. Olympic Committee went...
...leading role, he wrote and directed They All Laughed, a film involving the sheltered wife of a European tycoon, who goes to New York City and has, yes, a brief romantic escapade. There were, of course, a number of differences the second time around. But Manhattan was a pleasant change, says Hepburn, who lives in Switzerland and Rome. "New Yorkers are very warm; they come right up and talk to you." There also were no Givenchy gowns for the high-style star to wear. In fact the actress wears jeans throughout. Still, she managed to plug her favorite designer...
...have never been especially enthused by Borg's remarkably unimpassioned demeanor. Although big-time tennis has a pleasant rhythm, it often boils down to two people hitting a little ball back and forth over a net--and, recognizing the intricacies and talent involved, it can bore...
Should the Soviets cut back their own energy consumption, or that of their satellites in Eastern Europe, the move would surely hurt their economic growth. Even in a dictatorship with the power to enforce harsh conservation measures, the political consequences might not be pleasant. Some feel that the country's growth is already slowing because of the power squeeze. Says former Department of Energy Chief James Schlesinger: "There's just no doubt that Soviet economic growth has been constrained by energy shortages...