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...over its shoulder at the next. But the moment may be confusing and even eerie when one generation that has encouraged youthful rebels-the cavaliers of the counterculture-stares back and sees . . . little roundheads closing fast. An exaggeration, no doubt. But it is engaging to think that a new breed of rebellious young may soon be seen behind the boiler, sipping martinis and mocking their pothead parents...
...whole new breed of TV comedy-variety show has evolved. It is the local newscast. Or at least the subspecies of newscast that has adopted what the trade calls the "happy-talk" format. On such programs the anchor man, the weatherman and the sportsman have been supplanted by a happy-go-lucky bunch of banana men. They are not the old authority figures, but just-folks team players. Cronkite is out; Gemütlichkeit is in. What counts is not how the banana men relate the news, but how they relate to each other...
...petty criminal would have a field day, and traffic was no more snarled than usual. The fact that detectives, sergeants and ranking officers stayed on the job and that the weather was bitterly cold helped keep things quiet. One psychologist praised the "incredible selfdiscipline" of New Yorkers, a "different breed with an innate sense of their own survival...
Ralph Nelson's Soldier Blue is one of the new breed of films that no longer treats its Indians so crudely. The Indians in Soldier Blue are real flesh-and-blood. Though mostly blood. Soldier Blue advertises itself as the "most savage film ever made!" It is rated...
Managers at Harvard are an unusual breed. As a group, they are probably the most professionally capable, easily likable, and devoutly involved people in the whole sports program. At the same time, they make up the most amusing collection this side of Cambridge City Hall. Last week, a group of them got together with the CRIMSON to talk about their motivations, duties, and diversion...