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...financial and political troubles of former Georgia Banker Bert Lance reached the point last week where Jimmy Carter himself had to come to the rescue. The President recommended that the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget be released from a promise that, if kept, could destroy Lance's already shaky financial position...
...lope right on screen, they are too literal. They cease to be creatures of the viewer's imagination and become exhibits of the make up man's craft. It is hard, in fact, to sup press a giggle as one spots a resemblance between the Lionman and Bert Lahr on the road to Oz, or begins comparing the nose job of Richard Basehart, as the Sayer of the Law, with that of Roddy McDowall in Planet of the Apes...
...billion more than Carter wants to spend, is a closer call. If the President vetoes it, he will look like a flinthearted conservative to many liberals. The White House is divided over what to do. Issues Coordinator Stu Eizenstat is urging the President to sign the bill, but Bert Lance, the budget chief, is telling him to draw the line to help control inflation...
...there is a resiliency in the game of baseball which makes it unlikely that the worst of our fears will be realized, and it is the stuff of that toughness that Angell recognizes and celebrates. My favorite essay in the book concerns Max Lapides, Don Shapiro, and Bert Gordon, three middle-aged Jewish diehard fans whose friendship and happiness hinges on the fortunes of the Detroit Tigers. They know literally everything about their team since the '30s--not baseball trivia, as Don explains, because "you can't say 'baseball trivia'...it's a contradiction in terms. It's antithetical." Bert...
...baseball fan can linger nostalgically over these moments, precisely collected in Five Seasons, as if they were old family snapshots. Angell's love of the game is infectious; it is friends like him, Max Lapides, Don Shapiro, and Bert Gordon that will keep the sport safe from Howard Cosell, the Big "A", and all the other forces threatening to transform the subtle pleasures of baseball into just another entertainment. --Seth Kaplan