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...perplexed and frightened. Borderline hysteria can be mildly tiring. Hayes's Ted, with matinee-idol looks, seems to have a better grasp on his character's emotional range. But in a film like this, great acting is not of the essence. The cast provides sufficient body for the swift and silly script; they don't need to do much more. After all, Airplane II is not great deathless, sorry Mike and Al. But what a nice break from your thesis...

Author: By Clen Simon, | Title: Joke Trek | 12/14/1982 | See Source »

More ominous, new forms of automation Like computerized robots are eliminating blue-collar jobs at a swift pace. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by the end of the decade, advances in microelectronic technology could cause 3 million jobs to disappear, a total that represents 15% of the manufacturing work force. At the same tune, of course, millions of new positions will be created for those who can work with the electronic gadgetry. The problem is that most assembly-line workers, particularly the older and less educated ones, will find it tough to learn sophisticated skills Like computer programming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Tidings for the Jobless | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...unsuspected by his system-bound colleagues; of cancer; in Rome. Although he broke with the Communist Party in 1956, Petri filmed cerebral fables intertwining politics and psychosis (The Tenth Victim, Todo Modo) that he considered propaganda for the oppressed. He acknowledged, however, that he craftily "coated the pill" with swift plots, kinky surfaces and a fidgety mosaic style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 22, 1982 | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

...REPUTATION for powerlessness--that is the greatest obstacle facing Harvard student government. The new Undergraduate Council will overcome the failure of previous assemblies only if it takes swift and visible action in areas of concern to students and administrators. The following are suggestions for such action, designed to galvanize support among undergraduates and inspire respect from University officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swift Action | 11/13/1982 | See Source »

...swift approval and adoption of the Comprehensive Plan (released in January and put into effect by September) could be seen as yet another slap in the face for Quad residents, their wishes and concerns disregarded. But there seems to be a consensus that the plan has worked out well. "Even though there was great hue and cry at times, the judgement is that it was definitely a good thing to do," says Hershbach. Unification of freshmen in the Yard and nearby Union dorms seems to offer at least one common Harvard experience for undergraduates, officials agree. Hanna Hastings recalls that...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: The Quad Squad | 11/11/1982 | See Source »

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