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Beatty and director Hal Ashby have given us the merest outlines of their characters, whom we see whirl through a single day in their lives, fitting about in a timeless vacuum. Combined with the constant striving for absurd humor. This one-dimensionality results in a statement about as profound as a movie of the Marx Brothers let loose in a beauty parlor. We encounter characters as self-centered as the businessman in Paper Tiger, who sets his clothing warehouse on fire to receive insurance benefits, characters as scheming as the young entrepreneur in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, who ignores...
...been, the raging U.S. inflation would have been much worse if it had not been for the almost saintly patience that workers have shown in accepting modest wage increases. Now the patience seems to be evaporating. A sudden upsurge in pay raises threatens to give the inflationary spiral another whirl...
Unlike dirigibles and other lighter-than-air ships, the Aerocrane gets only 40% of its lifting capacity from its helium-filled sphere. The rest comes from the rotation of its wings, which can be pitched as they whirl around to control ascent and descent. This gives the chopper-balloon a distinct advantage over traditional lighter-than-air ships, which must drop ballast or spill their gas when taking on or unloading any cargo. Yet because of the buoyancy provided by its supply of helium, the Aerocrane should be able to loft heavy cargo much more efficiently than a conventional helicopter...
...watch the tote board and the race on a 40-ft. closed-circuit TV screen. It is more convenient to put down late bets that way. Between races they study Vince De Marco's 75? greyhound tip sheet. When the mechanical rabbit takes off on its mad whirl around the track, the fans become possessed. Cries of "Come on, you goddam dog!" echo through the auditorium...
...next morning it was on to Amman. Kissinger was outwardly buoyant. Yet he was also plainly worried about how the Israeli government would respond to Sisco's explanation of the cease-fire plan. Kissinger went to lunch with King Hussein, who took him for a brief whirl over the city in his helicopter before chauffeuring him to the airport. Quipped the Secretary: "If it weren't for the honor, I would rather have walked...