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...toll taken by the deprivations of lower-class life is conveyed in more subtle ways, through the grave note in an old man's voice, through the stark interior of a working man's kitchen, through the whiskered, burnt faces of workers discussing politics in a bar. Even Barrera's face seems to change with the chronological shifts in the movie, from the full-boned, clean-shaven, clear-eyed vigor of his revolutionary days to the meticulously-combed, vainly-mustachioed, narrow-eyed shiftiness of his union leadership. Such details help the film to capture a mood of quiet despair...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: A Doctrinaire Documentary | 7/12/1974 | See Source »

Lucia is the second film from revolutionary Cuba to reach Cambridge recently, and that in itself makes it interesting. Pardoning some melodrama, this is a beautiful film about that country's blossoming through the centuries, and the toll taken by history on Cuban women. It will be at the Orson Welles for some time to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCREEN | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...rigors of travel also took their toll of his bride Nancy. Last week she entered the Bethesda Naval Medical Center to undergo treatment for an ulcer. * Including Morton Halperin and Anthony Lake, two of his aides on the National Security Council. Their phones were later bugged and both have sued Kissinger, claiming the taps were illegal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Week the Cloud Burst | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

...while. Indian authorities report that the current epidemic, which began last January, has so far stricken more than 100,000 and claimed 16,000 lives. The World Health Organization, which figures that as many as one out of every five afflicted by the disease will die, estimates the toll at more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Shitala's Scourge | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

...Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victims. During 1972 record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries. In Canada's wheat belt, a particularly chilly and rainy spring has delayed planting and may well bring a disappointingly small harvest. Rainy Britain, on the other hand, has suffered from uncharacteristic dry spells the past few springs. A series of unusually cold winters has gripped the American Far West, while New England and northern Europe have recently experienced the mildest winters within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Another Ice Age? | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

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