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...plot has two businessmen, Matthew Hollis (Michael Caine) and Victor Lyons (Joseph Bologna), their marriages in disarray, renting a house in Rio in order to share a vacation with their adolescent daughters. Whereupon Jennifer Lyons (Michelle Johnson, whose awkwardness may be attributed in part to the fact that she is a model rather than an actress and in part to the fact that she is required to do about half her scenes nude to the waist) seduces "Uncle Matthew." The joke-if the word can be applied here-is that she is cool and sophisticated, while he gets all flustered...
...August, a 29-year-old Florence, S.C. man named Larry Gurley was killed by four officers who suspected him stealing a lawn mower. The cops say they chased Gurley into a wooded area, wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him, whereupon he suddenly died...
...residence of President Chaim Herzog. Waving to a band of reporters and photographers, Meridor trotted up the stairs to the paneled, book-lined office where Herzog was awaiting him. "The Prime Minister asked me to convey to the President of the state his letter of resignation," said the Secretary, whereupon he handed Herzog a white envelope. The letter inside was brief: "Mr. President, I hereby submit my resignation from the office of Prime Minister. Yours respectfully, and with all good wishes to you and your family for a happy New Year, Menachem Begin." Business done, the two men chatted briefly...
Just over a year ago, the Conservative Party was trailing in the polls, and Mrs. Thatcher languished a poor third in the count by party leaders. The government then dispatched a task force to fight a war in the Falklands; whereupon Thatcher's popularity soared, and the Conservative Party has now been swept back to power. This is a terrifying lesson to give to the leaders of the world...
Once upon a time the weekend races in April served merely as a tuneup for the Harvard heavyweight crew. The Crimson would routinely swamp all competition leading up to the Eastern Sprints in May, whereupon Harvard's performance would either seal of doom an undefeated season...