Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...change in command at a college can sometimes be as rough as a switch of leaders in a banana republic. Last week two campuses were in turmoil because trustees named new presidents over the heads of favorite local candidates, and on a third campus a departing president philosophized about the perils of prolonged leadership...
...Rough Going. No exceptions are English Actor Terence Stamp, 25, and Actress Samantha Eggar, 25, the two-man cast of Wyler's latest Columbia film, The Collector. Wyler picked them after reading John Fowles's bestselling psychodrama, the story of a repressed lower-class bank clerk (and butterfly collector) who wins the football pool, buys a mansion, then kidnaps a pretty art student and keeps her in the basement for two months while he vainly tries to win her over and she as vainly tries to escape. "I found I couldn't put the book down," Wyler...
...plush importance of the Loeb, with its cushioned seats instead of the wooden dining hall chairs, John Lithgow's freewheeling staging seems more careful and reserved. He has polished off his actors' rough spots and kept up a smooth and brisk pace, letting his fine performers show off without overshadowing the weaker ones...
...Rough Road. Despite the rebound, Britain's economy faces a rough road this summer. British tourists will soon begin their annual exodus abroad, cut ting into Britain's reserves as they eat and drink their way across the Conti nent. A bigger worry to Britain's money managers, however, is the extent to which the country's reserves will be drained by its staunchest foreign allies in the monetary battles-the nations of the sterling area...
...year; this will be the first step toward lowering the restrictive 35%-40% duties on foreign cars. Under present tariffs and taxes, for example, a Volkswagen that sells for $1,250 in Germany is marked up to $2,600 in Japan. When tariffs drop, the increased competition could be rough...