Word: brandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NEWSWEEK'S latest They're In Your Back Yard report, the cover sported a spooky photo of a long line of rocket launchers, with machine gun laden soldiers perched menacingly on top. Super-imposed was striking type stating "Cubans in Africa." The impressive arms looked brand new, and many Americans who disdain the use of force--especially alien force such as Cuban troops in Africa--were sure to be alarmed and angered...
...previous efforts. Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavettes, and especially Carrie Snodgrass are wonderful. But don't take a liking to any characters--eventually you will see them lovingly mauled before your eyes. John Williams has provided another goffily bloated score, and if you go in for DePalma's brand of sadism you'll probably have a good time. Otherwise, this is a bloody mess, and a bloody big disappointment...
Kennedy's city hall portraits and caricatures cannot be faulted. The author's implied conclusions- his four cheers for Daley's works- are far less persuasive. He accepts Daley's atavistic brand of leadership as not merely effective, but necessary. He does not pause to wonder whether having potholes filled quickly is worth dictatorship by a corrupt machine. He gives scant attention to the hallmark of successful tribalism: suppression of all weaker tribes. He seems not to recall that other cities from time to time, such as La Guardia's New York and Philadelphia during...
...some big guns return. Lundy, known as "The Doctor" for his steady surgical brand of play, and for his long hours of work, will play at number-one after three years at the two spot. Smiling Texan guitar-picker Scott Walker moves up from three to two, while Don Pompan, a freshman whiz from Southern California, has jumped into the three spot...
...native Mississippian, and my views of our governor are quite different. Somehow I cannot believe that racism as strong as Mississippi's brand in the early '60s can be erased in a decade, and it is especially hard to credit Finch with any such development...