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...Conformist is a threnody to an era and a political regime, Mussolini's Italy. Based on a novel by Alberto Moravia, the film reproduces the Italy and France of the 1930s with almost operatic splendor; no recent film has been so visually lush or stylistically exhilarating. It is a pity that the scenario cannot quite meet the demands of the mise en scene...
Continuing Dependence. The very fact that Pompidou could make such a trip in relative cordiality and splendor was an indication of the enduring bond between France and its former colonies. Last month the British Commonwealth was plunged into a crisis because several former British African colonies bitterly opposed the Heath government's plan to resume arms sales to white-ruled South Africa. Yet the 14 countries of what was once French Africa scarcely seem perturbed by the fact that French sales of Mirage jets, submarines, helicopters, AMX-13 light tanks and other arms to South Africa will reach...
...amateurs, however, prefer the splendor and simplicity of Napoleonic campaigns and the American and English Civil Wars. Despite its colorful aspects, the American Revolution finds few fans in England. Says Tunstill, possibly alluding to Viet Nam: "It's hard to play when one side refuses to abide by the established rules. The Americans won because they fought by their own rules, sniping at us from behind trees, and we were too silly to understand. We lost and we don't like to be reminded...
...what fun I had in our third-grade play at M.K.E.S.-Mt. Kisco Elementary School-when I got to play Santa himself in all his red, pillow-stuffed splendor. Hadn't that been the height of my academic career? How can I dump...
Like an ancient despot, Hitler meant to commemorate his schemes of grandeur with great avenues and overpowering buildings. In Berlin alone, he planned a three-mile-long street of splendor, with the centerpiece a domed hall that would hold 150,000 people. The man Hitler took into his intimate circle to create these edifices was a fledgling architect named Albert Speer...