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ZORBA THE GREEK. The heart and soul of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel are brought roaringly to life by Anthony Quinn, as the wicked old brute who teaches a timid essayist (Alan Bates) to put away his books and plunge into real trouble...
...Brute" and "The Beast"), when he visited the island, stepping out from behind a bush and introducing the third Reich, her six-year-old son David. "You are a good man," said beauty to the beast. "I was wondering if you could help me stay here." Er, um, muttered the hapless brute. Give him Montezuma any time...
Touching the Nerve. Of course, there is as much legend as fact in this image of Johnson, just as there is in his image as an overpowering arm twister. Johnson has a "treatment" all right, but its effectiveness is due neither to brute force nor to Svengalian hypnosis. Johnson simply is better than anybody else at finding and touching the most sensitive nerve a Congressman has-his own self-interest...
...through an open door. A wild old man strides into a dingy waiting room. His face is like a side of cheese the maggots have been at, but his eyes are bright and piercing. "Hollow cheeks, strong jaw, jutting cheekbones, a large voracious mouth, a living heart, a great brute soul not yet severed from Mother Earth"-this is Zorba the Greek. He strides up to a young man he has never seen before and looks deep into his eves. "I like you," he announces fiercely. "Take me with...
...Caveness, 21, Arkansas, 6 ft, 215 Ibs., and Jim Carroll, 21, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 Ibs. The heart of the Illinois defense, Butkus is everyone's choice for Animal of the Year, may well be the No. 1 draft pick. "This kid is such a brute," says one scout fondly, "that he forces a lot of fumbles and mistakes simply by intimidating ball carriers." The line on Caveness: "Red-dogs extremely well." The pros like Notre Dame Captain Carroll for his canniness in diagnosing plays and his Irish-style hustle...