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...most unlikely twists of plot with entirely plausible characters. At the close of the movie, when the Robert Redford and Paul Newman characters turn out only to be feigning death, the twist is a shock because those actors portray such genuine. killable men. The viewer believes he is watching real-world scenes in which such a tragedy could occur. The movie itself is a con game, the audience its victims, and everyone falls...
...movement seems uncertain about what to do next. There is a vision of ultimate success, of course: the dismantling of all the world's nuclear arsenals, no more threat of annihilation. With this dream no sane person can quibble. Where the disagreement comes is over what workable, real-world arms control measures will be acceptable and, even more, how to achieve them...
DIPLOMACY IS NOTHING MORE than a game of chess played on the real-world chessboard, they say, and we all know that Ronald Reagan is no grandmaster. Hindered by inexperience and unsophistication in foreign affairs, he seems incapable of designing the cautions, prudent strategy necessary to lead a superpower in a dangerous and uncertain world...
...society.' These machines are very selfish. When someone is involved in loud music, they're sending out a signal to the rest of the world to be left alone." Pinstriped Businessman Wade Schilders, 24, listening to Dvorak in midtown Manhattan, hits his "hot line" (allowing intrusion by real-world noise) to disagree: "Some people say the gadgets are isolating. But another person with phones comes up and plugs into your music or you into his. There's a camaraderie among users. And now I smile when I walk, because I like what I'm listening...
Attributing popularity of cults in recent years to societal breakdown during the drug culture, war protest and sexual revolution of the sixties, Singer, who has studied over 500 current and former cult members, said that people turn to cults to escape real-world complexities. "Whenever existing social structure is weakened, gurus, messiahs and pied-pipers have arisen," she added...