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...riffraff take over the town." For his part, no matter whether he is reappointed for two more years this fall, the man is stuck on Tombstone. The other day, he traded his Winnebago and a 1948 diamond- studded, flat-top Gibson guitar for a 65-ft. mobile home. "I ain't leaving," he said, removing the wheels...
People in other departments and other walks of life have wasted little time rubbing salt in my wounds--from a freshman roommate who snickered "English, eh? Goin' for the big bucks, ain'tcha?" to my financee parents, who equated my joining the English Department to joining a motorcycle gang as far as their daughter's welfare was concerned...
...bewitchingly orchestrated by Ralph Burns. I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' is sung by a judge to two defendants telling an unlikely tale. Everybody Loves My Baby becomes a father's high- energy romp about his infant son. One number is an instant classic: the upbeat Ain't We Got Fun is rendered with icy irony by a prison-yard crew. Their chant is slow and syncopated, with beats of silence between syllables to underscore the sarcasm; their steps are punctuated by the swish and rattle of chains. The costumes display Fosse trademarks: white gloves, hats, spangled tuxedos...
...booing on opening day ain't right...
...much of his personal prestige in a test-ban proposal that he must know is a non-starter. Though there are valid arguments for and against a ban (see box), the Reagan Administration has made it unmistakably clear that, as one White House aide put it, "that bird ain't going to fly." About the best advisers can figure is that the Kremlin has reverted to its old game of trying to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its West European allies...