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...Dante movie is a lot like the now vicious, now mischievous gremlins. He adroitly makes his characters seem to aim straight for the jugular, then along the way, find something more diverting to do with all that energy. Whenever the occasion permits, Dante loves to undercut the visceral impact of the horror genre with a clip from an old movie or a spitballing, pratfalling sight gag. His loopy werewolf melodrama, The Howling (1981), and his profligately imaginative episode of last year's Twilight Zone: The Movie are both energized by this sly schizophrenia. In Twilight Zone, the smile becomes...
...know how it would go off." Judging by the reaction, Nixon may have achieved his own cold peace with the Fourth Estate. Said Christian Science Monitor Editor Katherine W. Fanning: "For him to be able to stand in front of his severest and, in some ways, most vicious critics, and show such resilience, was quite extraordinary...
...vicious circle of political one-upsmanship and ideological posturing must be broken if the Olympics are to survive. What is to be done? Well, for starters, we must move the Games to a permanent location in a relatively neutral country. History and sentiment tell us that Greece would be an ideal home for the Olympics; the knowledge that the Turks and Cyprus are right next door dictates otherwise...
Clear illustrations came in the examples of the 1936 and 1972 Olympics, when the Nazis and Palestinian terrorists, respectively, sought to utilize the international prestige and attention accorded the Games to stage propaganda and terrorism. While their vicious actions will never be forgotten, these actors hardly garnered any lasting amount of prestige of legitimacy. Moreover, most people still remember these Olympics for the heroic performances of athletes like Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, and Olga Korbut...
Observers call it a vicious cycle. Qualified Blacks are loathe to remain in Boston, knowing they will find more opportunities and lets harassment elsewhere. The Globe report, for instance of the 60 Blacks who graduated from the Harvard Business School in the last two years, only five new work in the city. Two of them are planning to have...