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...theater," they explain, before they inherited the hotel), and George Clark as Cousin Warren keep everything except Uncle Harold's corpse (and maybe even that) above water most of the time. Lee Abraham, who directed and also plays Cosmic Debris, stands out--he's polished and in command all the way through...
...week's end armed troops continued to man checkpoints on the city's streets, and there were reports of isolated skirmishes in the countryside involving government troops and diehard Allende supporters. Nonetheless, the junta appeared to be in firm command of the country. Apparently convinced that it was in office to stay, at least 16 nations-including France, Spain, Switzerland and neighboring Argentina-recognized the new government. (The Soviet Union and East Germany, in contrast, broke relations with their onetime close ally.) Even though the Nixon Administration was unmistakably delighted at Allende's downfall, the U.S. took...
After the war, Honecker was put in charge of East Germany's Communist Youth Movement, which he turned into a paramilitary organization. By 1950 he was recognized as one of Walter Ulbricht's chosen few. A few years later he took command of the secret police, and in 1961 he was given the responsibility of building the Berlin Wall...
...still has the limited power that his grandfather once used: to call political leaders in and command one to attempt to form a new government, and to perform such traditionally kingly duties as opening Parliament. Chances are that Carl Gustaf will prefer to ride with the times, rather than direct them. Under the new constitution, he will not even have a choice. The monarchy will be stripped of virtually all its powers and Carl Gustaf's role will become symbolic and ceremonial. He will no longer, for example, have the authority to appoint new governments, endorse legislation...
...single Hollywood extravaganza. The films -shot mainly in London and New York on tight, four-week schedules-were in effect subsidized by the artists. Directors were paid from $15,000 to $30,000 each, plus percentages from the future grosses of their productions. Hepburn and Marvin, who normally command six-figure salaries, worked for a token $25,-000 plus percentages; others worked for even less, lured by high-caliber colleagues, juicy roles and the chance to permanently record their performances in those roles on film. When Landau approached Marvin to play Hickey in Iceman, Marvin's answer...