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...being outperformed by our principal overseas competitors," Anderson said. "To regain economic preeminence we have to maintain a higher percentage of business investment as part...
ABOUT HALF OF THE Iranian students at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced this week that they will refuse to verify their student status by appearing before federal immigration officials unless President Carter's order requiring such action is proved legal. The students maintain correctly that Carter's action represents a "classic case of bending the legal system to suit the prevailing mood...
Losey's breakthrough is the meticulous attention he gives to sonic perspective. Many made-for-TV opera films ludicrously maintain the same concert-hall acoustic whether the singer is standing in a bedchamber or a wheatfield. In Don Giovanni, when the camera zooms in on a singer's mouth, the voice becomes more distinct and louder--and you can tell simply by listening whether a singer is indoors or out. Losey's dubbing technique, too, seems more precise and less distracting than most, including Bergman's. Only one singer, Malcolm King as Masetto, suffers from the "disconnected mouth" disease endemic...
Harvard holds stocks in 18 companies that process nuclear fuel, construct or maintain nuclear utilities, or operate some of the country's 70 licensed nuclear power plants. The largest investments are in five of the nation's major oil firms...
...attack of a mob, if the mob has the support of the host government itself." The U.S. had already greatly reduced the number of personnel affiliated with the embassy, from about 1,500 during the Shah's reign to 73. Fewer staffers would not have been able to maintain normal relations in a country where there were still some 500 Americans and substantial business interests. What was more, the Administration reasoned, reducing personnel to a handful would hardly help. Their capture would be equally outrageous...