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...with bad publicity and worried about the potential loss of tourist dollars, the Mexican government last year proposed a prisoner exchange. The U.S. Senate ratified a new treaty between the two countries, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law on Oct. 31. Among the treaty's terms: Americans now imprisoned in Mexico would be eligible for transfer to U.S. jails, provided they had more than six months to serve on their sentences, had not been convicted of a political offense or breaking immigration laws and, a key condition, would not contest their Mexican convictions in U.S. courts. Parallel provisions...
While inspiring laughter, the production provokes serious reflection about Murray's valiant fight to resist society. Murray tells Sandy at one point during the play that he will only go as a tourist to reality. He wants to pass on this spirit to Nick, to ensure that he continues to pinpoint hypocrisy and absurdity. Nick should never become one of the "dead people," unthinking and unfeeling. Murray's struggle helps to remind us of the necessity to avoid joining the ranks of the dead. If one must compromise, it must be knowingly and reluctantly...
...action of Goretta's film begins when Marilyn takes Pomme to Normandy for a holiday. Marilyn soon moves in with an American tourist, while Pomme, left at home, meets Francois (Yves Beneyton), a Parisian student, and falls in love with him. Together, they go back to Paris and rent an apartment. Finding Pomme unable to meet his intellectual demands, Francois soon becomes bored with her, and they ultimately break up. Pomme suffers a nervous breakdown and enters a sanitarium...
...places where Carter intended to land, word of the cancellation produced disappointment, naturally enough. Warsaw's two main Western-built hotels, the Forum and the Victoria Inter-Continental, have long been refusing tourist bookings for the two weeks beginning Nov. 24, and a brand-new press club was to be specially opened for Carter's arrival. The government of Edward Gierek had high hopes that the visit would produce tangible benefits in trade and other economic exchanges. In Brazil, the change of plans added a layer of glare ice to an already chilly relationship. The Brazilians had hoped...
...reconstruction of Beirut, which serves not merely as Lebanon's capital but as home for half of its 3 million people and, until the war crippled it, was a gleaming Middle East social and commercial hub. The fighting devastated Beirut's business center, ruined its tourist trade, blacked out its communications and nearly broke its spirit But today Beirut is on the way back...