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...becoming Britain's majority party within the next five or ten years. Voter loyalty is too strong and the Liberals have yet to prove that a Liberal vote is not a wasted vote. The Liberals, it is estimated, must gain 30 per cent of the popular vote before the "take-off" point is reached where this large share will be realistically reflected in Parliament. If they fail to take off this year, they may be relegated once again to their role as political gadfly...
Play It Again Sam and Carl Reiner's Where's Poppa? are being co-featured at the Orson Welles Cinema I until Saturday. Woody Allen's take-off on the Casablanca theme is not only hysterically funny, it's heart-rending as well. Both Allen and Diane Keaton give lovely performances here. This one is worth watching again and again. Where's Poppa? is usually pretty tasteless and it belabors an already overworn joke to the point of tedium. In all fairness, though, the movie has its moments. Complete shows start...
...hostility to airports by changing the nature of airplanes. If a much quieter plane could be developed -and engine manufacturers are beginning to muffle the thunder of the biggest new jets-then the major complaint against airports would be removed. Similarly, the development of a quiet STOL (for short take-off and landing) plane would make better use of short runways that either now exist (the U.S. has 12,000 airports, more than half of which are small, unlit fields) or could be built in strategic urban locations. In theory, the STOL planes would unclog major airports because two-thirds...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. Woody Allen's take-off on Dr. Reuben's already amusing travesty gives us two funny episodes out of 7. Features Allen himself in his ideal role: a frightened Jewish sperm...
Helio produces an STOL--short take-off and landing plane--which can take off in an area smaller than a baseball diamond. It was developed in the early 50's by a B-School professor. Lynn Bollinger, who founded the company along with the head of MIT's Aeronautics Labs. They sold their first model to the CIA for use in the secret war in Laos. It proved very helpful in reaching the otherwise inaccessible mountain hideouts of the Meo tribesmen. Now they produce STOL's for the Air Force for use in psychological warfare (equipped with speakers to broadcast...