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...same inversions which dominated John Wesley Harding prevail in Joey. He goes out to seek revenge for an attempt on his brother's life, but when the opportunity actually arises, Joey says, "We're not those kind of men/It's peace and quiet that we need/To go back to work again." Which sounds quite romantic and pacifist, but in context is saying simply that mob warfare is a poor atmosphere in which to conduct the business of gambing and numbers-running. Upon his release from prison, "He tried to find a way back in/To the life he'd left behind...
Confidence that moderation may prevail in China is inspired by the success of a number of policies favored by Chou and carried out by Teng. China's trade deficit of more than $1 billion in 1974 was significantly reduced last year by cutting back on foreign imports. Meanwhile agricultural policy, as managed by Teng, has produced happy results: there has been a highly creditable 7% annual increase in grain production since 1972. Steel output has also risen by an impressive 10% a year since 1971, while oil output last year was about 25% higher than in 1974. So long...
...reduce Soviet involvement in Angola. Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Dobrynin continues to insist in private talks with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that Russian support of the M.P.L.A. has nothing to do with détente. But the doubts in Moscow may be growing, and whether they prevail may well depend largely on U.S. policy. Explains a Western official: "The Soviets are backed into a corner, so part of their problem is to save face. If there's any chance of getting them out, the U.S. will have to help by not trumpeting the retreat...
...from bad loans. What is more, Abboud adds, those losses were also restrained by First Chicago's policy, begun more than a year ago, of limiting loan commitments and looking for "highest quality at the greatest return." For First Chicago and banks generally, such conservative lending policies will prevail for some time as a hangover from the recession. But Abboud feels the loan-loss picture is at its darkest now, and should brighten as business profits and personal income move up with the recovery...
...almost reclusively shy, "a demented perfectionist, according to the publicity mythology around me." This myth began building when he decided to stay on in England after shooting Lolita there in 1961. He found it "helpful not to be constantly exposed to the fear and anxiety that prevail in the film world." He lives and does all pre-and post-production work in a rambling manor house defended by two wooden walls and furnished in early nondescript. He rarely ventures forth even to London, less than an hour away. He prefers that the world-in controllable quantities-be brought...