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...members of the Provisional movement consider me a traitor. But for me the ultimate betrayal would be silence," she writes, insisting that her quarrel with the Proves is over their method, not their aim of driving the British out of Ireland. Nonetheless, Maria's defection and the vindictive wrath of the I.R.A. have effectively deprived her of the chance of living safely in her OWn Country. "Curt Prendergast
...many Western observers, the recent campaign of criticism directed against Soviet Physicist Andrei Sakharov appeared to be a prologue to his arrest or exile. Last week, though, a massive wave of protest in the U.S. and Europe dampened−at least temporarily−the Kremlin's wrath against the great scientist. Soviet threats that Sakharov might be brought to trial for his bold criticism of totalitarian conditions in the U.S.S.R. and the increasing repression of dissidents (TIME, Sept. 17) moved Western chiefs of state, foreign ministers, and scientists to public indignation. Their words carried a grave undertone of menace...
...termed their readiness to denounce oppression in rightist countries and their reluctance to criticize the Soviet Union. "Such profound hypocrisy is characteristic of American political life today," Solzhenitsyn continued, referring to Watergate. "Without in any way defending Nixon or the Republican Party, I am amazed at the affected, loudmouthed wrath of the Democrats. Wasn't American democracy full of mutual deception during previous election campaigns...
Ford's movies remained as powerful and functional as bullets. Nor did Ford restrict himself to a single genre. In six years he directed four classic films: The Informer, a tragedy of the Irish uprising; Stagecoach, the most emulated western of all time; The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's saga of the Okies; and Eugene O'Neill's sea drama, The Long Voyage Home...
...Kolchis. Pelias has promised Jason the kingdom--if he can return. Jason reaches Kolchis and finds the Fleece well protected by Aeetes, king of Kolchis. But Medeia, the sorceress princess, finally helps him. Inevitably, Jason vows to marry her, and with Golden Fleece in hand, they flee Aeetes's wrath. But before they can return safely home, Jason, Medeia, and the Argonauts brave many of the same perils Odysseus would a generation later. Back in Iolcus, Jason finds that his troubles have brought him only half the kingdom. Ironically, it is Medeia who kills Pelias. She and Jason are exiled...