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Moving through the crowds, he was at his best. At the Westfield, Mass., airport, Bill Kelleher, 65, shook his hand and said afterward, "I love him. I was gonna vote for Nixon until he got on the ticket. I just love the guy, I dunno why, I just do." And in an East Boston public health center, Mrs. Doris Blakey shook Shriver's hand and said, "I love him, oh yes I do, my haht's goin' boom boom boom...
Rumors spread, however, that the Arabs had been captured and the Israelis had been freed alive. Strangely, the government accepted the rumors without checking them and gave out the good news (see THE PRESS). The world prematurely rejoiced. Even Willy Brandt went to bed shortly afterward convinced that his men had scored a triumph. In Jerusalem, Israelis celebrated and Mrs. Meir opened a bottle of cognac, ready to propose a toast...
...that failure was compounded by a lack of zeal in the task. Bavarian police were seemingly determined to carry off the ambush without loss of German life, though they were unsuccessful even in that. "If you want to know what I reproach myself for," Schreiber told a press conference afterward, "it is that I had to sacrifice one of my officers." He added quickly, "And that innocent Israeli athletes died." Such an attitude made a bold operation impossible. There was also a question of pride. The Israelis have had considerable experience in dealing with terrorists, but their intelligence...
...clearly should have won the match. Yet Referee Umit Demirag, a Turk, cautioned Taylor twice for fouling, without once reprimanding Medved; the penalty points incurred by Taylor provided Medved with his margin of victory. Demirag's calls were so conspicuously wrong that the Federation of International Boxing Associations afterward summarily dismissed him from all further judging assignments. But the decision stood...
...soldiers, who all seem to get a kick out of the show regardless, enjoy the rap sessions afterward even more. The film's many long discussions involving young men who are angry, desperate or bewildered are the source of its real strength. It is the soldiers far more than the performers who touch us and shake us. It may well have been the intention of the F.T.A. troupe to serve above all as catalysts, to tap and reflect the turmoil to which these soldiers bear eloquent witness. If so, then Fonda, Sutherland and their companions did a memorable...