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CHARLIE IS A cliche-monger, a master of the canned phrase--even when talking to himself. He compulsively wants to be liked by everybody because he so hates himself; he'll betray anyone when he's drunk or behind closed doors. His bar talk is full of clinging, self-conscious poses--the manner that the most pathetic clowners acquire in adolescence: They learn to copy bravado, but are sensitive enough to see its hollowness. They end up parodying themselves. Charlie's caught between outside pressure to conform to what traditionally held the neighborhood together, and peer pressure; between the pillars...
...surrender by compromise on the Jackson amendment [Oct. 1] would be to betray and seal the fate of the many Sakharovs, the countless brave men and women of the U.S.S.R. who have put their necks out for the freedom that we always shout about and supposedly fight wars for. Shame on you for suggesting compromise...
...those still alive. Bergman's most recent film, in color, with brilliant cinematography by Sven Nykvist. 1972. The Naked Night. During a single day's action, we see the owner of an impoverished travelling circus and his mistress, the bare-back rider, each trying to betray the other. The film (whose original Swedish title means "The Clown's Evening") is Bergman's first masterpiece. Many people interpret it as being totally pessimistic, but its ending (the pair walking in silence alongside the caravan) and the memories of the clown, Frost (in the flashback near the beginning and when Frost relates...
...Finally, who would be more likely to betray the President's trust: a simple, barefoot Wall Street lawyer like John. N. Mitchell, or a slippery Harvard dean like Dunlop...
...ahead with its plans for a referendum on reunification and on the White Paper. He also dismissed suggestions that the prospect of having the British army under attack by both sides in Ulster would lead to a decisive change in his government's policy. "The British will never betray Northern Ireland," he said grimly. "It can only betray itself...