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...misses weighty historical drama by a good deal. Relegating the central political figures of the Revolution to the periphery of his film, Scola focuses on a lively troupe of contemporary notables, who talk and romp their way across the French countryside from Paris to Varennes in a characteristically French blend of the serious and the comic...
Community activists this spring protested the original plans for the building claiming that they did not blend with the surrounding architecture. The Niles Company, which leases and manages the block, eventually accepted several modifications in the plans...
...chunky, cigar-chomping Hinton has been in El Salvador for two years. His unusual blend of realism, toughness, charm and candor earned him wide respect among the Salvadorans, and he seemed to be carrying out Washington's policy with great skill. He irked the White House recently by publicly scolding the Salvadoran government on its lax prosecution of human rights abuses, but did so at Enders' urging...
Noxell has carefully cultivated an image of wholesome, All-American beauty ever since 1914, when Dr. George Bunting cooked up the first batch of Noxzema skin cream in a coffeepot in his Baltimore pharmacy. Originally intended as a sunburn remedy, the blend of clove and eucalyptus oils, lime water, menthol and camphor also proved to be an excellent skin cleanser. In 1929, Admiral Richard Byrd took it along on his expedition to the South Pole. G.I.s during World War II and the Korean War used Noxzema for shaving. Today, when skin-care products are the fastest-growing segment...
...then you get to watch the troupe blend these various suggestions into the lyrics of blues numbers ("I wanna be your trash compactor baby...") or TV talk shows or real life situations ("Okay, what do we have? A cheerleader and a hairdresser riding the T? All right...