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...away. She seems uncomfortable in front of the camera, even while initiating her seduction of Matthew, Joseph Bologna, as her father, plays the part of an insensitive boor with excessive mannerisms and a loud voice. Michael Caine, in turn, seems constantly confused, as if he was just thrust in front of the camera and attempting to regain his composure. Caine, however, does the best he can and delivers the few comic moments in the film wonderfully. Finally, Demi Moore puts in the movie's most endearing performance as the disillusioned Nicki who sadly watches her friend Jennifer lead her father...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Sunburn | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

While this yearly deadlock shows no signs of subsiding, campus attention has recently been thrust upon another aspect of the perennial debate over Harvard's more than $400 million worth of stock in companies operating in South Africa. The question that is being increasingly asked is whether Harvard really can use its influence to foster positive change in the apartheid state. The focus of this debate is on the so-called "Sullivan Principles," a set of equal opportunity and labor standards for companies operating in the country...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: Reforming From Within? | 3/1/1984 | See Source »

Hart, who managed McGovern's campaign that year, will now be thrust into the media spotlight and may be able to bolster an organization that is weak in many important primary states, analysts speculated last night...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and The CRIMSON Staff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Hart Stuns Mondale in New Hampshire Upset | 2/29/1984 | See Source »

...troops had lost control of West Beirut to the Shi'ite and Druze militias in a vicious battle the week before, and the rout south of the city left his government controlling little more than Christian East Beirut. The Muslims were expected to make their next major thrust at Suq al Gharb in the mountains east of Beirut, where the Lebanese Army held a strategic position overlooking the presidential palace at Baabda, just outside the capital. Fighting did break out around Suq al Gharb and along the "green line" separating West and East Beirut, but at week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failure of a Flawed Policy | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...targeting only battlefields. NATO can credibly threaten to employ tactical nuclear weapons in response to a Soviet conventional thrust into Europe. In view of the TTAPS findings the risk of rapid escalation of forces to an all out exchange virtually disappears. So deployment of large warheads not the quick introduction of small ones is what the U.S. must avoid in any European confrontation. By shying away from No First Use pledges the U.S. can discourage any Soviet adventures in Europe without spending billions of dollars to beef up NATO's conventional forces...

Author: By Alan S. Weiner, | Title: Really Cold War | 2/22/1984 | See Source »

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