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...Blanching Moguls. Valenti does not presume to "tell the heads of movie companies what kind of films to make" or pretend that the industry is not ruled by the box office. He does think that he can infuse Hollywood with imagination and a zest for quality. He wants to upgrade the Oscar competition, turn it from a popularity contest into a genuine system of reward for achievement. It may make some oldtime movie moguls blanch at the thought, but only a freshman like Valenti can get away with the proclamation that the M.P.A.A. will march "with banners flying...
...NINE-TIGER MAN by Lesley Blanch. 246 pages. Afheneum...
...that they will be out of harm's way. The Rao briskly institutes a private mutiny of his own. He transforms the matrons into concubines, and the proper Victorians are soon fighting to embrace a fate worse than death. The romantic and violent 19th century is Author Lesley Blanch's special province. Painter, stage designer, film critic and ex-wife of Novelist Romain Gary, she has written several skillful biographies of the period (The Wilder Shores of Love, The Sabres of Paradise). In this book, her first novel, she proves herself a comic writer with a range...
...with a nanny's loving care. Shepherded by working staffs from the Republican or Democratic Committee, his luggage travels unassisted from airport to hotel-where it is often deposited in the wrong room. The food looks delicious, at least at first; but now, even the reporters chasing Humphrey blanch at the sight of yet another dinner steak. Newsmen with Johnson get steak for breakfast-and Bloody Marys before breakfast if they desire. In the affluent society, the rubber chicken of the banquet circuit has been replaced by the rich diet of the campaign...
...prosecute bookies on a tax rap, should not apply to funds being used for educational purposes. Another difficulty is the proliferation of operators who arrange to purchase tickets for out-of-staters for a fee. New Hampshire, a small state, proved easy to police. But Department of Justice officials blanch at the thought of the big-time Cosa Nostras that might move into the situation if states like California or New York get into the lottery game...