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HIDDEN AGENDA. This contentious melodrama blames British intelligence for everything from political murders in Northern Ireland to sabotage of the Wilson and Heath governments. But even conspiracy buffs may find it hard to be stirred by Ken Loach's dour direction. Paranoia deserves better than this...
When I was young, I never encountered this prejudice against. Catholics. For me, Catholic politics meant Democrats and the Kennedy clan, hardly conservatives. In fact, the most impressive moment of my childhood was when Father Ken, a parish priest with tangled hair and a long beard that made him look like a hippie, gave a sermon on the 1980 New York City march for peace...
...spoke in favor of nuclear disarmament, even a unilateral freeze. An old man in the congregation stood up and challenged his position, and the two proceeded to debate the peace movement. The old man yelled and screamed about defense and deterrents. Like a true peacemaker, Father Ken never raised his voice as he spoke of the evils of annihilation. When the old man lost the argument and stormed out of the church, the people in the congregation applauded in support of Father Ken and peace...
Brian Hecht's music direction is adequate, but the ensemble had problems with balance--lines and voices often get lost. The transition between numbers is fairly smooth, though, and the four band members, particularly Ken Pasternak on trumpet, bring zest to the otherwise standard score...
Before Josie Natori married, her father told husband-to-be Ken that there were "two things that you have to know in this family. One, that my wife is the commander in chief and, two, that my mother-in-law is the supreme commander in chief." Natori, 43, must rank as at least a five-star general. Merrill Lynch's first female investment banker, Natori rose to vice president of the company before leaving in 1977 to create her own firm. She started small, working in her New York City apartment, designing and selling fine lingerie. In a pinch...