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...proceeded with glacial deliberation. India has never officially confirmed what many have suspected all along: that the third-worst aviation accident in history, which took the lives of all 307 passengers and 22 crew members, was the result of a bomb planted in the aircraft's luggage compartment. In spite of their tight- lipped treatment of the case, investigators know much more than they are letting on. Or at least so says Canadian Journalist Salim Jiwa, 34, in a new book, The Death of Air India Flight...
...named Vyse is terminally repressed, and Helena Bonham Carter establishes herself here (and in the recent Lady Jane) as one of the screen's most intriguing newcomers. No one plays adolescent petulance better just now; no one better understands the budding young lady's secret of being charming in spite of herself. Only Julian Sands as George has trouble getting things right. In him, inarticulate introspection often comes off as hunkish narcissism...
DEMOCRACY IS ALL the rage in Washington this week. Faced with a phenomenal popular revolt against longtime U.S. client Ferdinand Marcos, the Reagan Administration reluctantly adopted an alledgedly interventionist policy. Yet it is in spite of American policy--long one of malign neglect--that the Philippine people have finally won their freedom...
...upcoming 350th bash is being completed, students have voiced complaints that the organizers failed to invite any minority performance groups such as Ballet Folklorico or the Black Kuumba Singers to the affair. The point is that students of minority backgrounds insist on being appreciated for their differences, not in spite of them...
Shcharansky is uncertain whether his release will prefigure a wider opening of the Soviet gates for other Jews. But he expresses pride in the courage and enduring will of those wishing to leave. "In spite of all attempts to repress the movement for Jewish emigration, there are still people who openly declare their religious affiliation. Even in the cruel camps there are people who remain true to their beliefs in word and in practice...