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Once talks began in earnest, the Secretary-General met separately each day with Parsons and Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Enrique Ros in his 38th-floor U.N. suite. As time went on, the Peruvian-born diplomat played an increasingly active part, sometimes suggesting directly ideas of his own. He remained pleasant and courteous, but the strain began to show: his color was gray, his eyes were hollow behind his glasses, and he stooped as he walked...
...morality. Or, on another front: a writer must use material, however unpleasant, not weep over or try to correct it. Fine. But those who feel claustrophobic in the presence of smug, self-deluded solipsism may also decide to skip the whole experience. Barth has often been a pleasant guide through the states of his mind; Susan and Fenwick, his alter egos...
...film's most pleasant surprise is Mr. T who once served as a bodyguard to Muhammed Ali. As Lang, he presents a determined and fearsome opponent. And Mr. T displays confidence and wit. Asked by a reporter whether he hates Rocky, he responds, "No, I don't hate Balboa." He pauses, turns towards the camera and drawls. "But I pity the fool...
...PLEASANT SURPRISE in I Ought to be in Pictures is the low-key performance of Ann-Margaret as Herb's girlfriend Stephanie Stephanie is the most sensible character in the film, and as such she delivers the most serious lines and she doesn't have to scream to get her point across. Simon uses her as a straight woman to the wise-cracking Herb and Libby, and Ann-Margaret makes the most of this position by never allowing herself to be upstaged. This is an unusual role for her, and she plays it with strength and credibility, thus surpassing...
...flourishes in part because much of the area is relatively virgin territory for the rich. "It's no longer pleasant to go to the South of France," sniffs one visitor. "It's so inundated, the pleasure is gone. Life in Southern California revolves around private homes and backyard swimming pools. They've overcasualized; there's almost an absence of tone." Says Helen Boehm, president of the porcelain company that bears her name: "I've been all over the world, and this place has glamour, color and manicure." Boehm (rhymes with dream) saw her very...