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Understandably unwilling to relinquish its powers and privileges, the men of "the Bunker"-diehard, archconservative Franquistas-have attacked Suárez's reform. They want the bill altered to grant more powers to the Council of the Realm, an appointive 17-man body that advises the King. The Franquistas also insist on an appointed upper house based on the Franco-style corporate system, rather than a popularly elected one. Because of the Bunker's opposition and the recent emergence of a center-right alliance of parties, Suárez may have to accept some modifications in order...
...festival did try to add a touch of spice, which seems to have become de rigueur since Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris stirred things up four years ago. But this year's offering, In the Realm of the Senses, directed by Japan's Nagisa Oshima, was impounded by U.S. customs officials after they viewed it at a press screening. Nobody seemed to mind much, which probably had less to do with indifference to civil liberties than with general embarrassment over the quality of the film. In the Realm of the Senses is like the customs...
...tired of bars around here, there are lots more in Boston--a glimpse into the realm of the obvious, I suppose, worth considering if you make sure you leave long before last call, which frequently comes about an hour after the last subway. My favorite Boston bar is the Top of the Hub, even though it's crowded, expensive and outrageously bourgeois, because if you get a table near the window you can get dizzy just watching the lights, which cuts down drinking costs a lot. It's at the top of the Prudential Center, really easy to find...
...carryings on of this sort that make Al Vellucci the most "colorful" of the politicians who haunt the oaken corridors of Cambridge city hall. On the one hand, there is lovable Al, caring for his tribe and defending the interests of the common man in the realm of city politics. On the other, there is the Al full of bombast, homelife and trivial, lovable sound and fury. The combination must work, because nobody now on the council has been there as long as mayor Al (22 years, as long as this reporter has been alive). I'd love to know...
...president of Radcliffe she acts within her ceremonial role in the same manner as does President Bok. But the function the Radcliffe president considers most important is what she terms "the subtle issues in the process of becoming a coeducational institution." Out of the realm of philosophy, that role has entailed overseeing the passage of equal-access admissions, merged athletic facilities, the establishment of the freshman CORE groups and the Office of Women's Education, and the expansion of the programs at the Radcliffe Institute and the Schlesinger Library...