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...first of three parts of a projected trilogy, Hugo Taluncci creates one-third of what may be the cinema's quintessential allegory of fascicm. The first installment of his sweeping triumvirate of panoramas, The Boston Telephone Directory uses the alphabet as the ultimate symbol of enforced order. "A," cries Arnold Aaron, a political theorist who works night shifts at a sausage-stuffing factory to maintain contact with the people, "must come before B. When D comes before C, we face revolution!" Neither a book nor a photograph, this movie walks a thin line between cinema and film...
...speech at the Unitarian Church in the Square, Gerald S. Lesser, Bigelow Professor of Education and Development, said that one of the goals of "Sesame Street" was to teach pre-school children cognitive skills such as counting and distinguishing letters of the alphabet...
...showed up to watch a new musical, Via Galactica. They also searched a gold-lettered list to see who was among the 123 names on Broadway's first hall of fame. First on the list: Playwright-Director George Abbott, 85, who observed: "That's not talent, just alphabet. The only people who can beat me are named Aaron...
...same insight stands out in "Sierra Tango" ("s" and "t" in the phonetic radio alphabet) in its juxtaposition of official and informal tones...
...such a master of poisons that he knew exactly what dosage to administer to each of his victims in order to slow their dying and disguise the cause. He even kept a diary detailing his "experiments" on workmates, in which each was identified by a letter in the alphabet. A typical entry: "J-I regard him as a friend so it's out of the question." Later, J got poison in his tea anyway...