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...meticulous compilers with Internal Revenue Service rules. More surprisingly, and undeniably an asset in their tasks on the project, most also said that they calculated their own taxes, filed their own returns, and struggled valiantly with the quirks and variations of the law. Says Washington Correspondent David Beckwith, who prepares his own forms: "I took two courses in taxation at law school, and I try to keep abreast of major tax developments. Still, I'm one of those fools who overwithholds and gives the Government an interest-free loan of my money. I'm happy though...
...screenplay, as well as the original novel, for Man, Woman and Child, has deserted fair Harvard for the University of Southern California (cleverly disguised as a "Southern California University") where Bob Beck with teaches English literature. The sentimental appeal remains, embodied not in a single obsessive love, but in Beckwith's conflicting commitments to his wife, his daughters, and to the son he never knew...
Martin Sheen as the much-loved Professor Beckwith does all the things Professor Segal wishes he could do at Yale. He guarantees a grade-conscious physics student an A simply for enrolling in his Shakespeare course, saying, "I'll feel safer knowing there's a physcist out there who's read Shakespeare. "He puts his job on the line to save the humanities. At home he is the perfect husband and father, playing with his daughters and good-naturedly mediating their disputes Bob and his wife Sheila (Blythe Danner) share their professional triumphs and problems and seem to believe...
THROUGHOUT. we hear about the crisis in the Beckwith's marriage far more than we see it. Bob and Sheila each have the obligatory close friend to whom they express their fears that the perfect marriage is finished. In a screaming match at the home of Sheila's friend. Sheila accuses Bob of insensitivity to her inability to cope with the situation--with apparent illogic, since Sheila happens to have rebuffed Bob's attempts to communicate, not the other way around. The tension can't be too terrible, since the two Backwith daughters never seem to notice...
...that those dominated by women will be peaceful. (Consider the case of Margaret Thatcher). Women should be adequately represented in all positions in society, including government, not because it will insure peace, but rather because all segments of society should participate in the decisions which affect their lives. Jonathan Beckwith American Cancer Society Research Professor