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...Murder (She Said)--damned awkward name for a film, really--She has a movie all to herself. Nominally, of course, Miss Rutherford shares her billing with James Robinson Justice and Arthur Kennedy, capable men. But they are mere objects for her to bully, to investigate, or to stalk in a rather frighteningly effective...
Last Year's Train. Everyone is kind. Hearty Dr. Gerald Gilley and his wife Pauline, who looks "like a lily on a long stalk," welcome Levin to Cascadia State College-the only one of 52 U.S. colleges that responded favorably to his application for a teaching job. An ex-drunkard and a repeated failure. Levin is humbly grateful. At 30, he sees himself as a "man still running after last year's train, far behind in the world...
...opposition has become emboldened. Eighteen months ago, guerrillas aided by Cuba's Fidel Castro invaded Paraguay from Argentina, but Stroessner's army beat them off, and machete-chopped corpses of rebels were soon bobbing down the Parana River. Today new bands of anti-Stroessner rebels reportedly stalk Stroessner from behind the laxly guarded Brazilian frontier. Last March the entire town of General E. Aquino-along with its Stroessner-appointed mayor-rose up in revolt, and had to be cowed by army bullets. Three died, 100 were arrested. During Independence celebrations last May, 2,000 students paraded through Asuncion...
...city looking for trouble." Said Alabama's Governor John Patterson: "I cannot guarantee protection for this bunch of rabble-rousers." Not everyone in Alabama was so complacent about the situation. The Birmingham News, which last year vigorously denounced the New York Times for saying that fear and hatred stalked the streets of Birmingham. now conceded that "fear and hatred did stalk Birmingham's streets yesterday...
...Veneto, cascading from the Aurelian Wall to the U.S. embassy, is his favorite hunting ground. Here, in the glittering array of hotels, smart shops and open-air cafes, throng Kroscenko's picturesque prey. He is a paparazzo* one of a ravenous wolf pack of freelance photographers who stalk big names for a living and fire with flash guns at point-blank range...