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...state companies the same free-enterprise hand Renault enjoys. Central to Socialist doctrine is the view that the state should use nationalized industries to catalyze growth of an economy plagued by stagnation, record unemployment (7.7%) and rising inflation (14%). By controlling the banks and turning the investment tap on and off for the state sector, Mitterrand' economists argue, the government can avoid the cyclical swings that produce inflationary booms and job-destroying recessions...
...been no Israeli violation would have provoked the Arabs. Finding the Israelis culpable, on the other hand, would have required drastic U.S. action against Jerusalem, a difficult option for the Administration. Moreover, it would have exacerbated a growing belief in Jerusalem that the embargo was more than a tap on the wrist, that the Reagan Administration, despite its constant protestations of friendship and support for Israel, is determined to open up the diplomatic process in the Middle East...
...enormous logjam of talented actors out there," Kasdan says, "and precious few of them have good parts to chew on." Body Heat is full of meaty characters and pungent performances-Ted Danson as a tap-dancing prosecutor, J.A. Preston as a dogged detective, and especially Mickey Rourke as a savvy young ex-con who looks and acts as if he could be Ned's sleazier twin brother. Kathleen Turner's Matty mixes come-hither looks with a sultry, baritone voice. This is a creature of fire and ice, with no intermediate shadings of warmth or aloofness. Thanks largely...
...Cuccia, one of the most exciting players the Crimson has had in years, who was a legendary high-school qb in Los Angeles, but who has played mostly wide receiver in college. Will Restic risk the diminutive (5-ft., 8-in.) speedster as a signal-caller or tap one of his untested charges? Regardless. Harvard will be strong at running back, led by bruising fullback Jim Callinan. The defense, except for a superb secondary, is nexperienced...
...author of April in Paris, Screenwriter Melville Shavelson converted his Radio Shack home computer into a word processor with the addition of inexpensive software. This double-barreled capacity to tap and then manipulate information allows him a futuristic scope: "I subscribe to a Virginia computer service called The Source. I can get Jack Anderson scoops three days before they're scoops," claims Shavelson. "I can feed into it any two cities in the world and it'll figure out the airline connections for me, with a restaurant guide to various cities. Also I have a research service...