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Overenthusiastic French vignerons have a weakness for declaring their latest vintage to be "the wine of the century." Thus when 18 Bordeaux wine merchants and brokers, plus one laboratory chemist, went on trial late last month on charges of selling fraudulently labeled wine, the scandal was inevitably pronounced "the wine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Is Bordeaux Blushing? | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

The production's one weakness is Wayne Morse, who tended to overact the part of Albert, and whose voice was occassionally drowned out by Clapps's in the duos.

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Sexism Put to Music | 11/16/1974 | See Source »

In the brightness of the two lead performances, the mediocrity of the supporting actors sheds dark shadows on the production. These actors are on a completely different level from McMinn and Hill, and the result is strange. Immersing oneself in the truths expressed by Anouilh and in the essential drama...

Author: By Janny P. Scott, | Title: To Be Is to Die | 11/16/1974 | See Source »

We witness a struggle between Deeley and Anna for the possession of Kate. Deeley knows the emptiness of his marriage with Kate, and he is driven to the wall by Anna's sinister exploitation of this weakness, in order to win Kate back to the sensual and aesthetic lesbian relationship...

Author: By Stephen Tifft, | Title: A Membrane of Civility | 11/1/1974 | See Source »

GREECE'S WITHDRAWAL FROM NATO: We withdrew from NATO's military alliance when, to our great sorrow, NATO's weakness became patently clear -it could not prevent armed conflict be tween two of its members. If NATO contributes positively toward the settlement of the Cyprus question-contributes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Caramanlis: The View from Athens | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

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