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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weak actors look worse perhaps because everyone around them is so good. Producers often flirt with the notion of casting a young girl as Juliet, but they come to their senses in time. Producer Cedric Messina unwisely plunged ahead. His Juliet, Rebecca Saire, is 14 and acts it. Her voice is thin, and her range of expression sadly limited. Shakespeare said Juliet was only 14, but he gave her the lines of an ardent and mature woman to speak. A less serious error was the casting of Keith Michell as Caesar's Antony. Michell is an accomplished actor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Longest Run | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...mention previous Administrations) for a myopic policy that confined its view of a whole nation to the personage of one man, the Shah, and ignored the grievances that festered throughout the country. The House report stressed that "intelligence and policy failings were intertwined: intelligence collection and analysis were weak, and policymakers' confidence in the Shah in turn skewed intelligence." In fact, TIME learned that the CIA had left intelligence reporting to SAVAK in such areas as nuclear power operations, the Soviet Union and the oil situation. From his exile in Morocco, the Shah was also criticizing U.S. policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Waiting for the Ayatullah | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: On the Record | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...invading Crimson, although weak in the breaststroke events since the premature departure of Tuomo Kerola, have some flexible talent in Hackett, sophomore standout Mike Coglin, and Maximoff, which leaves room for strategy in the butterfly, IM, and freestyle events. Jamie Greacen and Steve Schramm can be counted on to provide a huge boost in the diving, and Malcolm Cooper and recently returned Julian Mack will have to hold down the sprints...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Squads Resume Action This Weekend | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Harvard freshman Adam Dixon, who surprised everyone at the N.U. meet when he notched first place in the 600, is recovering from bronchitis and may not be able to run, which leaves the Crimson relatively weak in that event...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Tracksters Out for Revenge at GBCs | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

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