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...simple pattern on them; he wants to give us things as they are and not as they can be structured by film-makers. In order to do this, however, he has had to make an unusually structured film, writing out every word of dialogue and thinking out each shot beforehand. Eustache's script repays careful attention even when it seems most banal, and his meaning gets denser as the film goes...
...true of the few other known S.L.A. hit-and-run forays, the bank robbery was apparently meticulously planned and coolly and professionally executed. Police believe that the bank had been carefully cased beforehand, presumably by some of the women because they would be less likely to be recognized. On the crystalline morning of the holdup, the bandits drove into the Sunset district, a neighborhood of middie-class homes and small businesses, in a green Ford station wagon. They were followed by four other S.L.A. members in a red Hornet sports car. The bank opened...
Coach Loyal Park said after the game, "We determined beforehand that if things went well, we'd get some of the kids a little work." Things were going well after three, with the squad sitting on an 11-run bulge. But the complexion changed rapidly...
...Center. The kids run their own modification program, with adult guidance. It has worked astonishingly well inside the institution. But "our biggest problem is getting the kids out of here," says Psychologist Vicki Agee, who is in charge. The first five youngsters due for release all ran away shortly beforehand, then asked to return and be kept longer in the institution. That speaks highly indeed for the program but leaves it tantalizingly short of regularly turning out functioning citizens...
...Adams House junior who attended last Thursday's lunchtime review session said yesterday, "If you knew the format, you could figure out 50 per cent of the exam beforehand...