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...speech, Reagan confronted the issue directly, as if trying to exorcise its paralyzing spell. "Let me say to those who invoke the memory of Viet Nam: there is no thought of sending American combat troops to Central America." This prompted the night's most thunderous ovation, one that was sustained on both sides of the aisle. (It also drew some querulous editorial fire. The New York Times, referring to his pledge not to send in combat troops, asked, "If the stakes are as he says, why on earth not?") In the televised Democratic response, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut invoked...
UNFORTUNAIELY, the constraints of theater as a medium disrupt the continuity that would have brought out the dream nature of the second act itself Time and the Conways should have been a screenplay, because only film, with its uninterrupted flow, could cast the spell that moves Kay through time. But the breaks for set and costume changes necessary to bring the action up to--and back from 1938 ruin the transition between Kay's states of perception. As a result, Act II appears to be a mere leap in chronology rather than, as the author intended, a transformation of consciousness...
...even then." Her Method is a kind of controlled madness. For her, each new film is a fairy tale she can believe in; she is the sleeping beauty, and her director is the prince whose talent and passion will convince her of the dream's reality. To cast a spell she must fall under his spell. Then they can become the hero and heroine of their own film...
...long dry spell for U.S. business appears to be coming to an end. A number of major companies last week reported healthy increases in profits for the first quarter compared with results for the same period last year. A star performer was General Motors, which earned $653 million as sales rose 14% from a year ago. Chrysler also did well, earning $172 million, an increase of 15% on sales of $3.1 billion from January through March. It was Chrysler's largest quarterly profit ever. Overall, though, the earnings picture in the first quarter was one of lights and shadows...
First it was in the "off" mode, going scoreless for the first 16:32. Later the Crimson reversed that, keeping the Minutemen off the scoreboard during a 19:16 stretch. And then it was Harvard's turn again, as it hit a 15:06 dry spell...