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...Like an assiduous upward-achiever, he was trying to get noticed; he didn't succeed enough to suit him. Even in his late collages, Manny was craving the attention of the art-critical establishment. A scrap on his painting Batiquitos reads: "Heaven to be noticed by Roberta Smith or [Adam] Gopnik...
...Bill found were 15 columns of between 800 and 1,300 words, covering such pictures as White Heat, Germany Year Zero, Pinky, The Heiress, Beyond the Forest, Thieves' Highway, They Live by Night, All the King's Men, Intruder in the Dust, Passport to Pimlico (loved it) and Adam's Rib (hated it). You can locate these and other Manny movie reviews fairly quickly by typing a film's title, in quotes, into the Search box. What you'll also discover is a 32-year-old writer coping with a house style and deadline fatigue, but also fighting...
With reporting by Adam Smith / London
...stoner in real life or just in the movies? Adam Odsess-Rubin BERKELEY, CALIF...
...Village is scoring high marks. The athletes' rooms are relatively spacious, and amenities like swimming pools are a nice touch. Despite the smog overhead, the trees and gardens spaced around the Village ensure a greener feel than in Athens. "In Greece, it was a dust storm," says Canadian boxer Adam Trupish. "You can tell China was prepared." Russian water-polo player Sofya Konukh raves about the TVs and easy Internet access in the Village. "I don't want to say anything bad about Sydney or Athens," she says. "But it's better here...