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...Lockheed's hard sell has boomeranged in West Germany, where oh-so-korrekt businessmen and politicians are apt to bridle at such high-powered and flashy salesmanship from outsiders. In recent weeks, Lockheed has not only lost a multimillion dollar contract it hoped to get, but has so infuriated German Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel that he shelved an order that Lockheed had already won. Said Von Hassel: "Those Lockheed guys will not get into my office any more...
...other figures that seem more important than comparative scores of win-loss records. Although not particularly spectacular, the Eli offense is second in the League, averaging 295 yards a game. More than two thirds of the forward motion has been thorugh reliable ground plays, so the Bulldog is not apt to be restrained by a rainy day and he does not normally need to risk extensive passing...
...thing G.W. can't rule is his missus, Maureen O'Hara, who keeps bolting out of the herd and heading East, where she picks up the notion that she wants a divorce. Mesa Verde's social horizons seem limited, since the highlight of the season is apt to be a free-for-all that ends with half the territory slugging it out hip-deep in a mudhole...
...strike a blow for gracious living, McLintock takes Patrick on as a ranch hand. The youngsters' romance blooms as soon as Stefanie disposes of her Harvard-educated suitor. Out in Marlboro country before the turn of the century, Harvardmen don't amount to much-they are apt to sing and dance and run off at the mouth. "He says anyone who wants to sell at a profit is reactionary-that's me!" Wayne growls...
...right down to it, it's a trite story," remarks Actress Seyrig to her long-lost vis-à-vis. A master without a theme, Resnais has claimed that his films are made to be felt, not understood. But Muriel, with characters who are basically tiresome folk, is more apt to pique curiosity than to stir the senses or touch the heart...