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...suppose we should be thankful that the Central Square Cinema has finally decided to can its perennial offering, The King of Hearts. This sappy DeBroca film is not bad in its own sphere, but about as far from being a cinematic masterpiece as is The Way We Were. True to form, however, the theater has replaced King of Hearts with that other sentimental favorite, Harold and Maude. But hopefully, we won't have to endure a five year run of that...
Whatever the outcome of the death penalty argument, the Supreme Court rendered a surprising and unexplained decision in a different sphere of law last week: sodomy. By a vote of 6 to 3 the high court summarily ruled that a Virginia sodomy statute was constitutional. That action, unaccompanied by any written opinion, left civil libertarians and homosexual activists thunderstruck...
...former Crimson offensive tackle said that being "in a sphere where people can see you" can only help lay a foundation for a later career, though he plans to play football for a number of years, or "as long as my health holds...
...encouraging manufacturers to step up introductions of new brands: General Mills is bringing out Fruit Brutes, aiming to win kids away from Kellogg's Fruit Loops, and Ralston Purina is offering Fruity Freakies. Later this year Ralston will introduce Moonstones, a fruit-flavored cereal in crescent, star and sphere shapes, and Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs, which (or so kids will be told) stream from the mouth of a "computer-type monster" named Cecil when his "funny bone" is tickled. New brands of presweetened cereals frequently have a short life: Post's Pink Panther Flakes, Quaker Oats' Quake...
...complicity of the west in Portugal's colonial legacy and in assisting the white minority regimes in Southern Africa has been long, invidious and well-documented. Soviet aims for establishing its own sphere of influence in this region pose an unfamiliar menace, but one which is the principal issue to be reckoned with in the present Angolan conflict. As MPLA's ambitious benefactor, the Soviet Union saw forcing a military solution as a means of boosting the movement's dwindling influence, preventing a humiliating display at the polls and asserting Soviet control over this area of Africa. Many well-intentioned...