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...group of Catholic students in a joint letter to the Irish Times. As it turned out, the referendum won by a landslide; the Irish electorate voted to repeal Article 44 by about 5 to 1. Among those voting was the Republic's father figure and President, Eamon de Val...
...most distinctive feature of this year's show, according to John Misha Petkevich '72, one of the show's organizers, is that for the first time it is international. Toller Cranston, 1972 World Men's Free Skating Champion. Sandra and Val Bezic, 1972 Canadian Pairs Champions, and Louise and Barry Soper, 1972 Canadian Dance Champions, are all scheduled to perform...
...flows. Schiller's successor, former Defense Minister Helmut Schmidt, apparently believes that without some controls West Germany will be forced to revalue the mark upward for the second time in less than a year, thereby making its products more expensive and harder to sell abroad. French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, too, favors currency regulations as opposed to floating rates...
...German Bundesbank had to buy almost $900 million in 90 frenzied minutes Friday morning before officials finally halted trading. In Switzerland, monetary authorities decided not to buy dollars to hold up the price, letting the dollar float down against the Swiss franc. As the situation worsened, French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing conferred with President Georges Pompidou and then announced that Common Market central bankers would meet in emergency session in Paris over the weekend to consider what...
...Cassavetes) brings a poignancy and complexity to Minnie that makes hers one of the memorable performances of the year. Cassel is full of dizzying charm and whirling-dervish energy. As always with Cassavetes' films, there are cameo roles so rich they could each make a movie in themselves: Val Avery as a loudmouthed date of Minnie's, Tim Carey as a poetry-spouting bum who disdains the movies ("A lot of lonely people sitting there looking up at a screen-what do I need that for?"). But almost stealing the show from these pros is Newcomer Katherine Cassavetes...