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...title The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is an apt one but at the same time it leads us to expect more from the movie than it gives us. "Apprenticeship" implies a period of development, a time during which a young person grows out of his childish impulses and selfish desires. But young Kravitz shows little sign of any development at all, and we are left to guess whether or not he will serve out his apprenticeship and become a master or as Cohen would call it, a mensch...
...telling his story to the people. His millionaire friends reportedly are ready to grease the way. Once again, the mirage rises on the horizon that a speech here and there, a book or two and some visits by Billy Graham will bring Nixon back to life. What is more apt to happen is that the full guilt of Watergate will take root on his doorstep and grow. In all likelihood his alienation from his fellow Americans will get worse. The polls indicate that they perceive him not only as one who violated his presidential trust...
...from 28 today to more than 37 in about the middle of the 21st century, so will the average age of those who set trends in fashion, music and films. Professional sports too may be affected as the pool of young talent diminishes. Even now, older people are more apt to vote than younger people, and as they increase in number they will also become a greater political force. "There will be a tendency for the aging portion of the population to become more powerful," says Rand Corp.'s Dennis Detray. "But there is nothing inherently wrong with that...
Butler says that he has not confronted the organizers yet, but with an NLRB election in sight before the winter, he is apt to run into them nose-to-nose in a hearing room, perhaps before the end of the year...
...metaphor was just as grisly but no more apt than Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's claim that Nixon had been "hung" and need not be "drawn and quartered." The plain fact is that the former President's own tapes provide prima-facie evidence that he was a participant in the Watergate cover-up conspiracy for which his aides have been charged with crimes. It is on that basis that Nixon does indeed have "problems" with Jaworski...