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What survives in this aberration of a film is the background. Shot on location in New Mexico, Mexico, London, and Italy, Priest of Love is a visual Beadeker. Miles has clearly made an carnest effort at accurate visual realism. It is a great pity he could not do the same for the animate elements of Priest of Love...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Crying in the Night | 10/30/1981 | See Source »

BEFORE DECEMBER 1, those of us who talked about dropping out didn't dare do it. We spoke of it as some speak of revolution, but in a personal context: calm, carnest explanations of our own mixtures of problems: assertive predictions about the curative effects of dropping out: and finally, in dull tones, with a shrug, the admission that it couldn't really happen...

Author: By Sandy Bonder, | Title: AmericaDropping Out | 12/15/1969 | See Source »

Routine practice will begin in carnest on Monday. The coaching work has been very much impeded since the crews got on the Charles last Wednesday; on that date, because of the short stretch of open water, practice was very brief; on Thursday, President Eliot's ceremony prevented rowing; and yesterday, Coach Stevens was obliged to spend much of his time in getting the damaged shell back to Newell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OARSMEN GET COLD BATH IN CHARLES | 3/22/1924 | See Source »

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