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...Iraqis would like to see a united Arab war of attrition against Israel, but have prudently refrained from doing anything about it themselves. A 12,000-man Iraq expeditionary force facing Israel from Jordan was suddenly recalled two years ago because, as the foreign ministry insisted, "the U.S. Sixth Reel was sailing around in hot Mediterranean waters. We have our own country to protect." Baghdad is 600 miles from the Mediterranean...
...When we first encounter him, in fact, he is lying in bed mouthing halfhearted paeans on the joys of bachelorhood to the world at large. In the time-honored tradition of bachelors who gloat early in a show, Wilson will soon be posting the banns-somewhere in the second reel, in fact. His intended is one Terry Kozlenko (Barbara Harris), who supports three children and a yapping mongrel on alimony checks. Once wed, Wilson is beset by miseries. His stepchildren are a mess. The boy is prey to countless nighttime fears, the younger of the two daughters stammers...
...convenience technology" products to increase profits. Last year the company earned $158 million on $3 billion in revenues, or 15% less earnings than in 1969. Now Carbide is having great success with Seed Tape, a ribbon of poly-oxide plastic containing seeds. Using a tractor mounted with a reel of tape, a farmer can plant a crop uniformly. The seeds are evenly spaced, and the tape dissolves when sprayed with water. This eliminates the costly problem of uneven planting, which often causes crops to mature at an irregular rate and forces farmers to reap several times. Seed tape...
When Congress debates foreign-trade policy, protectionist lobbyists are always on hand to reel off doleful statistics of plants closed and jobs lost because of competition from imports. At last free traders are acquiring some figures to throw back. In a study to be published shortly by the American Importers Association, Economist C. Fred Bergsten, a former aide to Henry Kissinger, adds up the bill that the U.S. consumer is paying for protectionism. His estimate: tariffs, quotas and other devices raise American living costs by $10 billion to $15 billion a year...
...approaches an audience the way he might have made a summation to a jury: his characters are less people than points in an argument. It is an argument in which sentiment undermines logic: despite the lovers' hardships and separations, Cayatte manages to stage at least one reunion per reel...