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Atlanta's Mayor William B. Hartsfield proclaimed, a three-day festival. Hartsfield urged every Atlanta woman to put on hoop skirts and pantalets, appealed to every male to don tight trousers and a beaver, sprout a goatee, sideburns and Kentucky colonel whiskers...
...much, and in his own bumbling, cute way betrays the mystery she's looking for--and finds in the devilishly attractive Henri (Feodor Atkine). Pierre runs after Marion while she runs after Henri who in turn runs after the local candy seller Louissette (Rosette). A series of confusions sprout. Henri does not want commitments, preferring women who will give into his needs for the moment and then flit out of his life. Marion desires love, true love, a love that will make her soul "burn forever...
Since he replaced Leonid Brezhnev last November, Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov has, whether by choice or political necessity, maintained a low domestic profile. Now, however, the name of the stooped and often visibly tired former KGB chief is beginning to sprout more frequently on the front pages of Soviet newspapers. Moreover, in a long Pravda article published last week, Defense Minister Marshal Dmitri Ustinov for the first time referred to Andropov as Chairman of the Defense Council. The new title meant that Andropov now holds a post equivalent to commander in chief, thereby occupying two of the three top positions...
...travelling act was scheduled to sprout roots yesterday in a contest with Holy Cross. But puddles near second base forced postponement of the home opener...
Each year, when monsoon rains sweep in from the Indian Ocean, three separate guerrilla armies emerge from their sanctuaries to challenge the 180,000 Vietnamese troops who have been occupying Kampuchea since 1979. And each year, when the parched rice paddies sprout nothing but stubble, the Vietnamese seek revenge, rolling out their tanks in an effort to eliminate the 45,000 armed "nationalists" opposed to the Vietnamese-backed government of President Heng Samrin. But this year the Vietnamese have instigated something more than the usual rite of spring. In their most deadly and deliberate offensive yet, they have been training...