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Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Why bother? This remake has the critics rolling their eyes, extravagantly praising it, and finding in it all sorts of social commentary about '70s paranoia. The cast is competent and the direction by Philip Kaufman is skillful if opportunistic, but this is routine horror, not...
As if to herald the new year-and a new era, beginning Jan. 1 with ceremonies launching normalization of relations with the U.S.-China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing moved swiftly last week to consolidate his political gains and to accelerate the nation's New...
Judges could stand some self-imposed deadlines; in the Revlon vs. U.S. case, the judge's decision was not handed down until 1975, nine years after trial. But even the most skillful and best-intentioned judges may be thwarted by the complexity and sheer size of some cases. "How...
His talents, instead, were as a showman. From Hasty Pudding to Hitler, Hanfy was a performer, and a skillful one. The Boston Transcript captured his spirit precisely in a story about his trip to Harvard for the 25th reunion of his class. "His loud manner and thirst for American gin...
For Moscow, by contrast, the story was, as Pravda put it, "one more page illustrating the tragic fate of American dissidents who could not find a place for themselves in America." The Soviets made no martyr of Jones, however, describing him as "a skillful, cynical operator who cannily took advantage...