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...mothers think that parenthood is the best thing that ever happened to them. "My complaints are minor," Peggy insists. "Ninetynine percent of the time, having Peter is a joy." Moreover, she believes, and her friends confirm, that she has changed for the better: "I've become a much softer person. I treat people with more kindness, and I'm less selfish...
Sneers and Snarls. With Sticky Fingers, they are also at the most critical juncture of their career. During the last year and a half, while the Stones, have rearranged their corporate lives, and moved to the south of France, rock has changed drastically. Musically it is softer now and more lyrically inquisitive. With the Beatles having broken up for good, the age of the big group is at a historical turning point. Among the surviving groups, mediocrity and sheer greed abound to such a degree that Bill Graham, sick of it all, has announced the permanent closing of both...
...history of policy-making in the air war is largely one of conflict between harder and softer-lining elements within the State Department, Pentagon and CIA. Debate has raged over such questions as which villages would be bombed, whether napalm would be used, and how many aircraft would be made available for a given operation. Gradually, as control flowed to the Air Force, as the influence of the CIA grew greater, and as a new American Ambassador came to rely more on air power, the tougher line was taken...
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is heaving, sobbing, sniffling, and otherwise ignoring these fine academic distinctions. The softer the crying on the screen, as Hiller knows, the louder the crying in the theatre. When Jenny bids the world farewell, surrounded by so many brave manly fronts-never mind how weak inside-much of the audience simply loses control. Ollie's father (Ray Milland), a stingy old moneybags with a dirty mind, does a heartwrenching doubletake when he hears the dire tidings. The illiterate Italian piety of Phil (John Marley) also deepens the gloom and proves the movies...
...sees the tie-up as a way to expand in the U.S. and in other markets. Both partners hope to capitalize on Pirelli's expertise in radial tires. The radial, with the cords in its fabric at right angles to the direction of wheel turn, lasts longer than softer-riding conventional tires, which have the fabric running diagonally in crisscross layers...