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WWHETHER ONE APPROVES of Moriarty or not, one can't help admire him. He does exactly what he intends to do, and always with skill. Make no mistake: he is enormously gifted, with technique to burn, and clearly capable of carrying out his director's demands. With his mostly Scandinavian ancestry (despite his name), Moriarty should not wait much longer before he tackles Hamlet...
...acid water and is then easily absorbed by the fish. While the threat to plants is not as well understood, acid rain can eat away at leaves, leach nutrients from the soil, interfere with photosynthesis, and affect the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of such plants as peas and soybeans. Scandinavian scientists claim the rain has caused a 15% reduction in timber growth. It can also corrode stone statues, limestone buildings and metal rooftops. In the past two decades, Athens' Parthenon and Rome's Colosseum have deteriorated severely; the prime suspect is acid rain. In the U.S. it may cause...
There is in Stenmark a certain wintry remoteness that recalls another perfectionist of Scandinavian blood, Charles Lindbergh. After that first run, Stenmark irritably fended off reporters, as he almost always does. "Questions, bloody questions," he muttered, and turned away...
...slalom and giant slalom, and was in contention for the combined championship (slalom, giant slalom and downhill) until the final day of the season at Val Gardena, Italy, when he lost to Italian Gustavo Thoeni in a dramatic, head-to-head slalom. In 1976, he became the first Scandinavian to win the World Cup, and he was again champion...
Elsewhere in Europe, the U.S. was getting little help. France said it would compete. Italy's Olympic committee insisted that only a veto by the government could prevent its participation, and none was in the works. All the Scandinavian nations seemed determined to enter...