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THIS FILM bases its claim to our attention on pure and unabashed charisma. It works its magic so long as we are willing to suspend disbelief. But charisma, on the screen and off, must eventually perform in order to justify its hold; otherwise, it is a sham and an affront. Cesar and Rosalie doesn't perform; it really doesn't even attempt...
...bill is enacted, it would for two experimental years suspend all penalties for the possession of marijuana and for its profitless sale in quantities of one ounce or less. Sellers of larger quantities or those making a profit from sales would remain liable to prosecution...
...Phase II, the President also put all wages for food-industry workers under control of the Cost of Living Council. The COLC will have to approve all increases for supermarket clerks, packinghouse workers, and meatcutters in the nation. To expand supplies, the President will ask Congress for authority to suspend tariffs on imports of those commodities-like meat-that are rising fast in price...
...BUSINESSES molded Alliance methods to suit their own ends. Within the AID structure, a group of officials represented business interests in deciding each loan. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1964 required that loans purchase only U.S. products, transport, and consultants' services. The Hickenlooper amendment further required that the President suspend all economic assistance to any country which expropriated a U.S. business...
...Bowie Kuhn, who called the owners' proposal a "spectacular breakthrough," neglected to mention that they wanted to impose the $30,000 standard for ten years. In a decade, said Miller, "you could have a minimum salary of $25,000 to $30,000." The players compromised by offering to suspend action on the reserve clause to allow a one-year study by a joint committee; the owners countered by demanding a three-year postponement. "They need three years of peace," Kuhn said wearily. "The players need three years of peace and I need three years of peace...