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...Attention...GO.” Instead of the normal SWOOSH of eight blades releasing and the smooth hum of the slides working quickly back up the tracks, I heard a distinct CRASH and then a THUNK. From that sound, I knew, instinctively, that the race was over. There is no breakage rule at Henley. In domestic regattas, if something breaks within the first 150 meters, the race is restarted. Not so across the pond. If anything goes wrong, as it did, our regatta is over...
Although other coffee producers may push up exports, coffee prices are likely to be erratic for the next few months. Says Sandra Kaul, a research analyst with Shearson Lehman: "Even if there is plenty of coffee around, the flow of it will not be very smooth." Indonesia and other countries are not set up to ship significantly larger quantities...
...shuttle takeoff is never a smooth ascent; heavy buffeting and shaking rattle the craft, and the crew is deafened by a clanking, metallic roar. Because of turbulence caused by sudden wind shifts, Challenger's crew had an especially rocky launch right from lift-off. Just 72 seconds into the flight--a second and a half before the explosion--the orbiter yawed suddenly to the right. As the righthand rocket booster broke loose, spewing superhot gases from a faulty joint, the shuttle's engines tried to compensate for the loss of pressure, and the crew must have felt swift side...
...other end of the fringe, Donna Deitch, 40, won the Jury Prize at this year's U.S. Film Festival with Desert Hearts, a tale of Sapphic love in Reno that plays like The Women hyped on estrogen. The festival's Grand Prize went to Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk, which opened in New York City recently to critical raves...
...Smooth Talk, based on a Joyce Carol Gates short story, illuminates the traditional contours of a woman director's film--the leisurely portraiture of an ordinary family--then shockingly reveals a mysterious fable of fear and longing. Connie (Laura Dern) is a coltish California girl trying to cope with her brand-new woman's body and its desperate urgencies. She sasses her angry mom, cruises the mall with her girlfriends and dreams of a boy who will hold her close and sing to her. Enter Arnold Friend (Treat Williams), an older man whose silky threats mesmerize the girl into taking...