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...latest movie roles are a study in contrasts. The Mexican farmer he plays in The Children of Sánchez "is one of the poorest men in the world," says Anthony Quinn, 61. The shipping magnate he plays in The Greek Tycoon is one of the richest. The story, of course, is based largely on the life of Aristotle Onassis, who shortly before he died told Quinn not to hesitate to play the role. "Do it," he urged. "You'll treat me kindly." Since then Quinn has thought a lot about Onassis-and about Sánchez. Says...
...Lanka, Pakistan and African countries south of the Sahara have also reported spectacular rises in the disease. Central America has been extremely hard hit; in Honduras, for example, malaria cases rose from 7,503 in 1974 to 30,289 in 1975 and 48,804 in 1976. El Salvador, poorest and most densely populated of the Central American republics, was stricken with a rise from 66,691 cases in 1974 to 83,290 in 1976. Nicaragua and Guatemala have also reported significant numbers of new cases...
True, the chapter is over, but the book is far from finished. All factors indicate that this past season's 22-7 record will be the team's poorest for at least a couple of years. Only one starter, Captain Tom Joyce, will be missing next year, and Park finds himself with an overabundance of substitutes there. The all-freshman infield of Bingham, Stenhouse, Burke, St. John and Rick Pierce "should be the best defensive infield I've ever had at Harvard in another year," Park noted. Singleton will continue his leadership in center field and everywhere else. The arms...
...partly an outcome of Jimmy Carter's promise to "reduce the chasm between the world's rich and poor." An important ingredient had been an increased willingness to help on the part of West Germany. The offer included a $1 billion special fund to help the poorest nations meet their bills for oil, other imports and interest, as well as an agreement to set up a common fund that would stabilize prices of certain commodities-a proposal intended to protect the Third World from disruptive price fluctuations...
...huge expansion of overseas lending, mostly by private American financial institutions, heightens the possibility of a series of defaults that could cause panic to spread through international banking. So far, banks have managed to avoid this danger by renewing the loans or stretching out payments for some of the poorest countries. Yet the threat remains...