Word: fevered
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...going is tough for Western journalists in Jakarta. Doors are shut to all but the craftiest, and Sukarno has whipped up anti-West feeling to a fever-pitch among the masses. But Hamilton catches the eye of the most fascinating character of the movie. Billy Kwan, a diminutive Eurasian photographer who seems to be the most well-connected person in town. Kwan, played by a woman, Linda Hunt, takes a liking to Hamilton and gets him a prized interview with the leader of the Indonesian communists who are about to launch their doomed coup of 1965. An unlikely team...
...Harvard undergraduates feel their opportunity for jobs is enhanced by studying economics," he said. He also noted that the course is "carefully polished," with work books, at least four types of sections, and "an outstanding staff of young teachers," and that public interest in economics is currently at "a fever pitch...
...humor of the groups's style with a comprehensible, even expressive interpretation of the lyrics the Bee Gees mangled with their baffling falsettos. Vocalist Scott Young gives "stayin' live" the feel it needs to work, singing in a deadpan which avoids both the fervent excitement of the Saturday Night Fever version and the desperation which words like "I'm going nowhere, somebody help me!" seem to require. The delivery is perfect, and when the group sings "That's alright, that's O.K. I'll live to see another day. And you can't try to understand the New York Times...
...like it, you're fired." The canned comeback from Martin, whom Steinbrenner has dumped twice before: "You haven't even hired me yet." The born-again manager has a reported fiveyear, $2.5 million contract, but if he cannot inject some pennant fever into last year's fifth-place finishers, George no doubt will bounce Billy ball once more...
...budget 1977 sleeper that was based on a magazine article, Saturday Night Fever took in some $145 million at the box office. For his long-planned sequel, Producer Robert Stigwood, 48, persuaded John Travolta, 28, to repeat his role as Tony Manero in Staying Alive. The star agreed, but on the condition that he be allowed to map out the film's story line. Not missing a trick, Stigwood also hired Sylvester Stallone, 36, to direct the film. As Travolta and Stallone have planned it, Staying Alive will move Tony up six years and into Manhattan, where he lands...