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...Exorcist, which constantly kept your stomach gnarled waiting for what atrocity you would be subjected to next, shark attacks in Jaws are well spaced until the end when Spielberg turns it on full force, Swooping you up and whooshing you down, it's the fun of a fishy roller coaster ride. Spielberg is better at the slow thrills--that sort of slither up on you and let you fall quicker than the lightning shocks. The shot of Ben Gardner's one-eyed face was about as plastic and unbelievable as a horror house thrill at Disneyworld...
James Caan, on roller skates, is trying to save the world. This needs a bit of explaining, which is only the beginning of the trouble with Rollerball. Caan, looking unconvinced and uncomfortable, plays Jonathan E., the world's foremost player of rollerball...
...rather loose amalgam of roller derby, hockey and gang warfare, the game exists largely for the violence it generates. Motorcyclists-who are part of the team-run interference and frequently run over members of the other side. Players wear spiked leather gloves that are used to beat the opposition into submission. The casualty rate is appalling. The crowd loves...
...Accord. In sum, a consensus seems to be forming that something should be done to get the world off the price roller coaster. This does not mean, however, that anything will actually be done. So far, Kissinger has offered little more than a willingness to talk, and some deeply divisive issues must be overcome before any stabilization agreements can be reached. For one thing, the U.S., which produces 85% of its own raw materials, still believes that the free market balances supply and demand well enough so that stabilization pacts should only smooth out the wilder swings; but many developing...
...push the West into recession, commodities prices tumbled, in some cases to a third of what they had been at the peak. Copper, for example, rose nearly 300% in 17 months, peaking at $1.40 per Ib. a year ago; this month the price fell as low as 560. The roller-coaster performance took its toll on producers and consumers alike. The price upswing aggravated inflation in industrialized countries. The downturn sent shock waves through the nonindustrialized Third World nations, some of whom depend heavily on commodities production for income, and added to pressures for OPEC-style cartels for raw materials...