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...Herodotus devoted more than half a volume to them. Still, it was not until the 19th century, when archaeologists began serious studies of the puzzling remains found scattered from the borders of China to the banks of the Dniester, that scholars would admit there might be more than a shard of truth to the old Scythian tales...
...Trojan endurance and little artistry. Offscreen, her talents are so plentiful that they almost drive her to dilettantism. She has modeled, shot photos for Playboy, and written articles for Vogue, Esquire, Cosmopolitan and the Los Angeles Times. In Getting Straight, Co-star Elliott Gould helped unearth a tantalizing shard of acting ability. She received $200,000 for a western. The Hunting Party, which she has recently finished shooting in Spain with Oliver Reed (Women in Love). She has just finished filming Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge in Vancouver...
ARCHITECTURAL GLASS. About 100,000 people accidentally walk through glass doors each year. Some bleed to death before medical aid can arrive. One father testified that he barely managed to stop a glass shard dropping in its casing from falling like a guillotine blade on the neck of his dazed and bleeding son. Serious injuries occur because most doors are made with ordinary glass that can break at a slight blow. The solution is obvious: require that household doors be made with safety glass, which crumbles instead of shattering...
...city's mostly Protestant police "do what they like," say sullen residents. This night they did, using batons and water cannons furiously in the narrow streets, as the Bogsiders fought back ferociously. Bricks ricocheted off buildings or disintegrated shop windows. Petrol bombs bounced and flared in the glass-shard-littered streets. One crowd attacked a police station and another overturned a police truck and set it afire. Though 290 were wounded in the fray, miraculously no one died...
...corruption that might well tempt a gentleman to corporate risks. She is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity, an authentic contemporary creature whose every misstep makes thousands leer. Because her passions are only skin-deep, her tragedy is trivial. But at every toss of her blonde mane, every shard of a smile, all else on the screen becomes mere backdrop. Her stunning presence-and Schlesinger's stylish tracking of a playgirl's progress -makes Darling irresistible...