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...have not had a change of government-nor a coup d'état! The change of leader can have some importance, of course, but we have had a collective leadership in the Soviet Union for years. The Central Committee and the Politburo were the chief decision-making bodies under Brezhnev, and they will be under Andropov...
Still, there is something distant and unemotional about the way Benton presents her mysterious case. As the movie proceeds, one finds oneself examining its references (Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Psycho, Spellbound) rather than getting truly involved with the story. Soon a longing for the rat-tat-tattiness of sleazier Hitchcock knockoffs like Dressed to Kill steals over the viewer...
...rulers are readier today to take the political risks of opening their country to a more substantial American military presence, because they are more worried than they were a year ago about their security. They are still recovering from the shock of an abortive coup d'état last December. It was staged by dissident Shi'ites, members of a Muslim sect that dominates Iran and constitutes a majority in Bahrain. The nation is an obvious target for Iranian attempts to export the Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. One of the masterminds of the December "incident...
...athletes tend to sponsor 10 kilometer runs and dorm parties, but intimate cookouts give the less physically fit a chance to join in the fun. As the fire smolders and the bugs start biting, the whole gang sits around and chews the tat, until the trend-setters leave to change for the evening...
...surfaces. This does not necessarily mean sex. Notes Kessler: "If a mother has a cold sore, she shouldn't be kissing her children or anyone else." Once inside, herpes reproduces by taking over the protein-producing apparatus of the host cell. Gross calls it "a biological coup d'état...