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...initial moves last week Gorbachev gave few signs he was willing to go that far. He declared himself "a socialist by ideology" and disclaimed any intention "to turn to a witch hunt...
...scientists consider his intrusion into their domain dangerous because it threatens their long-held notion that science should be self-governed, self-regulated and self-policed. When Dingell asked the Secret Service to examine the notebooks in the Baltimore case for authenticity, some researchers accused him of launching a witch hunt and trying to establish "science police." Because of his badgering of scientists at congressional hearings, he has been charged with practicing McCarthyism. Says Maxine Singer, a molecular biologist and president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: "With Dingell, the issues get swallowed as he makes personal attacks on people...
VOODOO (Disney) An innocent middle-class family returns from vacation in Jamaica with a voodoo witch doctor who turns New York upside down with his bag of tricks...
...cunning climactic assault, the Merry Men's arrows sizzle through the sky like happy Scuds, and the bustle of bodies and cameras produces congenial movie movement. Two of the actors carry this larkish spirit throughout the film. Geraldine McEwan, in devil-doll weeds, makes for a hilariously desiccated witch. And Alan Rickman, fairly drooling with delight at his own wickedness, plays the Sheriff of Nottingham as a vibrant cartoon villain: Snidely Whiplash rampant...
...anti-Los Angeles trend has gone far beyond mere carping to affect local elections all over the region. The influence grows in direct proportion to a city's proximity to L.A. In San Diego (pop. 1.1 million, vs. 875,000 in 1980), Los Angeles is regarded as the Wicked Witch of the North, just 120 miles away. "San Diego has never been sure of what it wanted to be when it grew up," remarks San Diego Tribune editor Neil Morgan. "What it did know was that it did not want to become...