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...border war Vietnam is waging with Cambodia and China, and the friendship treaty signed Friday with the Soviet Union highlight the weakness of current U.S. policy. There is now no way short of invasion that the United States can pursue its interest in preserving the Southeast Asian status quo. Senator McGovern's suggestion tha the U.S. attack Cambodia might yet be followed by an impassioned cry to bomb the bridges on the Yalu River...
Thanks, Tony. A special highlight tonight -- the Minnesota Vikings will face the Dallas Cowboys at 8:30. Then tomorrow night there will be an NBA game on channel 7 at 11:30 p.m. Saturday you can see the Bruins skating against the Toronto Maple Leafs at 8:00 p.m. That's all, back to you, Tony...
Scenes from several of Woody's movies highlight the half-hour. They always illustrate points made by the surrounding narrative but they break up the audience nonetheless. There on the screen is the Woody Allen we have come to know (maybe) and love--Woody flying over the battlefield in Love and Death, Woody as a robot of sorts in Sleeper, Woody talking to Diane Keaton in Annie Hall--and these scenes alone carry the film...
...Beggar's Chicken, fit for a millionaire. The bird is wrapped in lotus leaves, encased in clay and baked for four hours. The very special guest is allowed to break open the potterized poultry with a golden hammer. In Kweilin's Li River Hotel, the aesthetic highlight is a bowl of bouillon on which float three yellow-eyed ducklings made of egg white. The culinary triumph is a sweet-and-sour fresh-water mandarin fish, confected with ham, onion, potato, sausage, mushroom and ginger. It is sculptured to resemble a squirrel, hence the dish is announced in advance...
...highlight is a performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor by expert pianist Roy Kogan. Finished in 1845 and premiered by the composer's wife (one of the best pianists of her day), this concerto is at once exciting and poignant. It is also a sample of Schumann's style of piano composition at its finest. Rounding out the concert are Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances" Suite No. 1 and Mozart's Symphony No. 38, "Prague." The concert is in Sanders Theatre at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are available at Holyoke Center Ticket Office...