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...opposition plot fails to reckon with the virtually certain response of Allende's dedicated proletarian supporters. The 1.4 million members of the General Confederation of Workers and other Allende partisans would undoubtedly mount a general strike and take to the barricades on behalf of their leader. The specter of civil war would most likely bring in its wake a military coup...
Palmieri, however, did not reckon with the power of the Australian National Mouse Club, a small but vocal group (57 humans and 2,861 mice) that is dedicated to the care, protection and love of Mus musculus, or the ordinary house mouse. "Disease carriers, indeed!" protests Mrs. Sheila Simpson, the club's president. "It's more likely that they will catch something from us. They're always getting tonsillitis or colds from the kids...
...stock in show business. The company's revenues have soared, from $116.6 million to $329 million, and so have profits, from $ 12.4 million to a record $40 million. In fearing that the Disney empire would founder after the death of its founding genius, the financial fellows forgot to reckon on one thing: the continuing presence of Walt Disney...
...inspiration-a windup doll whose spring is not wound tightly enough under the tensions of dull domesticity in the early going, and who completely runs down in the final confrontation with her husband. As her antagonist, Anthony Hopkins acts more like a spoiled adolescent than an oppressor to reckon with. A quartet of worthy English actors-Sir Ralph Richardson, Dame Edith Evans, Anna Massey and Denholm Elliot -wander aimlessly around in the supporting roles...
...Carl Sensabaugh, 68, and his wife Katrina are more concerned with candling the eggs than with following the scandal. "Shoot, I watched that Senate committee on TV for an hour, and I couldn't figure out hide nor hair what they were up to," says he. "I reckon they're trying to figure out how many crooks we got up there in Washington." Adds Mrs. Sensabaugh: "I know it must be important because they keep telling us it is. But my goodness! You'd think they'd have something better to do." Should Nixon be impeached...