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...France, showing a facile disregard of its own campaign against "Americanization" at home, dropped its stiff capital-export restrictions, and is rapidly increasing its $247 million U.S. interest. The latest in a new wave of ventures comes from Pechiney, which last month announced plans to build a $190 million aluminum smelter in Maryland with its own 46%-owned Howmet Corp...
...local private universities and the public institutions in neighboring states have entrance requirements that are too stiff or costs that are too high for most D.C. students--over 90 percent of whom are black and most of whom are poor. And, added to the number who don't go on to college is the large group of people (about 25 percent of each class) that drop out before high school graduation...
Pour la Patrie. Though bargain rates should put TV within reach of many companies, the number that can exploit the new advertising opportunity is limited by stiff government restrictions. Half the plugs must boost sales of certain food products to help French farmers unload their surpluses. The rest are equally divided between textiles and electric appliances, whose makers have been hurt by foreign competition. For non-French products, the chances of appearing on French TV screens are small. Before letting a commercial go on the air, the government has to be satisfied that its message serves the interests...
...mine he has inherited, does little to suggest that he is Greek (which in this version, unlike the film, he is). But like Miss Karnilova, he compensates handily. As Niko, the man Zorba teaches how to live, Cunningham works hard to make his characterization more than the dull stiff it easily could be. He is, of course, helped out by the writing. Joseph Stein, the author of the show's book, establishes Niko quickly in the second scene and never allows him to fade from view after that. (As in his book for Fiddler, Stein never lets any character slip...
...WHEN Hammond turns to up-beat territory that his stiff demeanor undercuts his enthusiasm. His "Johnny One Note" lacks flair, even though he does well with all the tricky Lorenz Hart lyrics. When he tries a peppy "Not Since Nineveh" (a Kismet item that should be cut anyway), it falls sadly flat...