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Berlinguer has led the party in a series of other autonomous stands, notably a cautious defense of Nobel Peace Prizewinner Andrei Sakharov and a plea to the regimes of Eastern Europe to liberalize. Obviously, Italy's unorthodox approach to Communism was not conducive to smooth negotiations for a Communist summit...
...trio of Boston-bred seniors who have been monopolizing the winter sports pages since they were about sixteen. Captain Bill Russell Collins, at 6 ft 10 in., is the backbone of the Eagle defense. He's joined by high school cohorts Will Morrison and Bobby "Smooth" Carrington, a Keith-Wilkes-type-22-points-a-game cornerman...
...real clue to the King's feelings about the political freedoms most Spaniards want will be his choice of a Premier. Arias is expected to remain in the post for perhaps six months, but only in order to help the new King and the country make a smooth and peaceful transition. Meanwhile, he and Juan Carlos were expected to rearrange membership on the Council of the Realm. Its principal task is to propose a slate of three candidates from among whom Juan Carlos will ultimately choose his own Premier. By replacing aging and unreconstructed rightists on the council, Juan...
...farther forward. Their bodies are shivered by strobe lighting and their images are tossed between parallel mirrors, but the men rarely strain their necks to watch these dancers. Their nakedness is monotonous and distant. There are other women roving the floor who will buy a customer a drink and smooth the wrinkles in his shirt for $6.00, and several men seem to be waiting suspensefully for the one in the white gown with sharply etched shoulder blades and pointed elbows, or the one in the pink leotard riding high over tremulous flanks...
...Ross (Funny Lady) has managed the proceedings reasonably well, which means making the movie look as little as possible like an open-air Broadway performance. Simon has a palpable fondness for his two antagonists, but he has attempted nothing distinctive in the script. So if his virtues remain constant -smooth craft, mild amusement-so do his failings. His work all seems replaceable, interchangeable, like those inexpensive lighters that work every time and are not meant to last. Immediate results are enough: when they burn out, just throw them away and get another...