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Behind this language lies a steady expansion of the scope of conscientious objection. In World War 1, the draft law exempted from combat only members of "peace churches" like the Quakers. By 1940, conscientious objectors no longer had to belong to a church or other religious organization. In 1965, the Supreme Court held that objectors need not believe in a "Supreme Being." Last June, the court ruled that the 1967 law exempts "all those whose consciences, spurred by deeply held moral, ethical or religious beliefs, would give them no rest or peace if they allowed themselves to become a part...
...Rather it is, once again, to point out to those in positions of power and responsibility that this right to know... does not belong to the national networks or any other agency, public or private...
...totally masculine mind." He reacts against Millett and her feminist tome, Sexual Politics, on an immediate, instinctual level, the way he might balk if a woman sauntered into an all-male sauna in which he was sweating and luxuriating. He seems to feel instinctively that Millett simply doesn't belong where she roams, that she's misguided and out of her ken. His bafflement over another liberationist, a female pamphleteer he mentions early in the article, doesn't subside quickly. "Women everywhere," he sighs, "were certainly learning how to write on many a male subject...
Playing the angles in the net, Durno worries most about the unexpected. "Backhand shots are the most trouble. The forward never knows where it's going and neither do I. If you can't stop a slapshot, you don't belong on the ice. When they wind up to the rafters for the shot, you can't act surprised by the direction...
Howard Hawks' 43 previous films include His Girl Friday, Scarface, Only Angels Have Wings, Red River, Rio Bravo and half a dozen other examples of American film making at its best and most energetic. Hawks' 44th film, Rio Lobo, does not belong on that list. There are a few good scenes-an intricately executed train wreck, for example-but the movie is notably slack where it should be zestful. It is mostly a replay of familiar fare: John Wayne flirts with the girls, keeps the hot-blooded younger fellers in their place, and finally goes up against...