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...JULIE, a new ABC sitcom, doesn't have much of anything except Julie Andrews, who puts a little sparkle into the drab material. Her dedicated husband (James Farentino) tends to ailing heifers and brings home an injured dog to share their bed. His two kids at first resent their stepmother (sure, who wants a TV star for a mom anyway?) but are won over by her sunny, motivational lectures. Andrews' husband, Blake Edwards (Victor/Victoria, 10), directed the first two episodes, but it helps...
...earth's estimated 10 million species of plants and animals by the year 2020. Since at least 50% of those species live in tropical rain forests, past efforts to save them have run into the usual lines of resistance from governments in the South, which resent any kind of meddling from the North. What makes the losses so unacceptable is that they are irreversible; once a species becomes extinct, it is gone forever. After years of negotiation, an international agreement to conserve imperiled species and ecosystems has finally been reached...
...Uruguay Round would bring about in order to give foreign products a fair shake. The E.C. doled out $45 billion in subsidies last year, $4,100 a farmer, even though farming generated a tiny 3.5% of European output. Despite seeking their own, albeit smaller, subsidies from Washington, American farmers resent the E.C.'s largesse and threaten to fight any GATT treaty that fails to curb...
...speak on behalf of Hillel. My question was about the political nature of Chomsky's talk, not about who brought him and why. As a general member of the SAC, I have repeatedly advocated the inclusion of the Society of Arab Students on the Foundation. I resent Counter and Reid's insinuation, which is patently false and downright offensive...
...what you might call a "MAC rat," one of those fanatical, all-season, rain or shine, day and night devotees of Harvard's most extensive exercise facility. I resent the amateurs and dilettantes who have invaded the MAC at the expense of its most loyal users...