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...self-made millionaire with investments in a dozen enterprises, Bryant can comfortably insist that he is just a simple country boy who got lucky. His legacy belies that: 39 former Bryant players and assistants have become head coaches in college or the pros, among them the Houston Oilers' Bum Phillips, Maryland's Jerry Claiborne and the Washington Redskins' Jack Pardee. A total of 47 players have gone on to the pros, including such stars as Lee Roy Jordan, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler...
...start. With the happy jazz of the '40s playing in the background, Friedkin sets out on a non-stop, all-out, giggly trip down bum's row. Unfortunately, the movie seems to have borrowed its sense of humor from the '40s as well, with no attempt to update it. Every old gag in the book makes its way into the film. Safes fall out of windows and just miss unsuspecting pedestrians, people keep bumping into each other, the odd-tasting pot of beef stew turns out to have a shoe in it. These tired routines would be forgivable if Friedkin...
Blandau later claimed that he had been misquoted in the press, but it seemed evident that he had given Steptoe and Edwards a bum rap. Though all scientists agree that Steptoe must document his claim, most do not regard his delay as a "failure to publish." Indeed, a scientific paper is usually not in print until from six months to a year after research is completed. Says Dr. Albert Decker of the New York Fertility Research Foundation, which is going ahead with its plans to present Steptoe with an award on Dec. 1: "You can't expect...
...about $3,200), eyelid surgery runs around $1,500. The cost is generally not covered by medical insurance (though it is tax deductible). Then too some risk is involved; some faces are changed for the worse. Warns Dr. Peter McKinney, a Chicago plastic surgeon: "If you buy a bum toaster, you can take it back. You can't take your face back...
...situation is not much better on campus. He somehow remembers a pusher going door to door in Kirkland House selling heroin--curious, in retrospect, considering you can't even bum a cigarette in Kirkland House nowadays. During punching season, he is shocked by a conversation with Porcellian Club members, who tell him he must learn to party if he joins. He declines. He bemoans the decadence symbolized by Linda Lovelace's 1974 visit to Harvard...