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...Gilbert Inglefield, Lord Mayor of London, was there for the cornerstone laying. Resplendent in black velvet and heavy gold braid and accompanied by his official sword-bearer and macebearer, he was honored by Governor Jack Williams at a dinner for 400, including that noted Tory Barry Go Id water. Next day Jesus Esquerra, an Indian chief whose Chemehuevi tribe once owned the land, presented Sir Gilbert with a robe and headdress and rechristened him "Ha-utu-nu-wu-mu-hwint," meaning "Leader of a Noble People...
...rest, life on the government side frequently turns out to be far less rosy than pictured. Tagged forever by a tiny asterisk on their ID cards, they often cannot get the jobs that the government has promised. "It's a little like hiring an ex-convict," says one Chieu Hoi official. Even if an able hoi chanh lands a job, he must contend with the jealousy of fellow workers and the hatred engendered by more than 20 years of fighting. A typical reaction is that of one South Vietnamese: "Why should we take the risk of making friends with...
...BRIDE WORE BLACK. Revenge is sweet, bitter, salty and sour in François Truffaut's poetic evocation of an idée fixe. Jeanne Moreau is the woman with the idée, and the men who killed her husband are the ones who get fixed in a series of alternately comic and eerie murders...
...wedding party's photographer. A shot rings out, and the new husband falls. Five men are responsible for the killing, a group of drinking and hunting cronies who played with a gun until one of them accidentally became the trigger man. The thought of revenge becomes an idée fixe as the bride pathologically tracks down the handful of murderers. Before the kill she tells them who she is, and the phrase, "I am Julie Kohler," comes to have the chilling quality of a fanatic's political slogan...
...goota dose of id diff, take a whiff, whacha gonna do, put me in the zoo?" Prescription: "Two years at the front will make a man of you, give you a sense of direction, purpose, and leadership skills." (The New York Times is helpful here and notes that an overwhelming majority of those who have been under fire say that they have benefitted from the experience and are more confident because of it. Note, that there is no mention that the poll was administered only to those who survived...