Word: controller
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...hour film itself. This is especially disappointing because, nine years ago, McDowell proved himself an excellent actor by tackling the almost impossibly difficult role of Alex in Stanley Kubrick's A Clock-work Orange. In that film he portrayed a character as villainous as Caligula but, mainly through the control of his extraordinary face, he added something exhiliratingly scary to his performance. Alex's eyes were those of a mischievous schoolboy gone insane; he had the face of a demonic baby, a sinister cherub. In Caligula, McDowell's face has become drawn and taut, effectively expressing fiendishness, but little else...
...says, adding that he wished The Herald was not solely responsible for controversial coverage. But it remains that while all Spanish-speaking papers have abdicated responsibility, Cox and his staff operate as the last barrier to complete state control of the media. He sighs wearily as he expresses his belief that newspapers are the peoples' last resort. "When newspapers crack up, then the lights go out, and you know anything can be done in the dark," he says...
...possibility of a coup from the more moderate Peronists, with whom the military has been shuffling the nation's control since 1943, seems slim. Although the majority of urban workers and professionals are Peronists, many interviewed are afraid of participating in a violent insurrection...
During their long, turbulent history, the people of Herat have been conquered by the likes of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane-but it has always been over their dead bodies. Nowadays neither the Soviets nor the Afghan army dare go into the center of the city. The mujahidin control the old quarter, but sectarian fighting has made Herat unsafe for anyone. Understandably, travelers have scratched it from their itineraries. The owner of a handicraft shop, one of the few stores still open, said we were his first customers in a month. "What kind of life is it when you come...
MARRIED. Bonnie Franklin, 36, singer, dancer and actress, who plays a divorcee on TV's One Day at a Time; and Producer Marvin Minoff, 48, with whom she worked on a TV movie about Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger; both for the second time; in Los Angeles...