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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand Vlada Petric's vision of cinema, it is useful to cite and examine specific films. When I venture to say that Lina Wertmueller's Seven Beauties is among my favorite films, he characterizes her as "an interesting but unimportant filmmaker, a kind of Jacqueline Susanne of the cinema" who "entertains bourgeoise intellectuals on a slightly higher level than junk. In Seven Beauties the cinematic structure and forms that she chose don't correspond to the narrative and ideological substance. That content is superficially conceived she treated the dramatic concept without artistic depth." He then points out that we have...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Vladimir Petric Teaches Film | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...state's attorney take the case to court, getting a 505-count indictment against Otis for the largest welfare fraud in Illinois history. How did she get away with her scheme for so long? According to investigators, she was successful because she knew welfare law cold and could cite chapter and verse to case workers who questioned her applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Miss Otis Collects | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...Navy maintains, however, that the builders share much of the blame for what it calls "cost growth." The admirals cite low worker productivity at the shipyards, long delays in deliveries from subcontractors and an uneconomical and unwise expansion of productive capacity. Nonetheless, Navy Secretary Claytor concedes that "there is enough blame for everyone concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Navy Under Attack | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Corporation claims that "opinions can readily be found" against withdrawal of U.S. corporations from South Africa. Yet they are able to cite only one: Percy Qoboza, a newspaper editor and former Nieman fellow, who made his statement just after being released after five months of detention. The Corporation never mentions the hundreds of African leaders and anti-apartheid organizations in South Africa that have demanded that foreign companies cease operations there, flouting the South African law that says calling for withdrawal may be considered an "act of terrorism" punishable under South African law by imprisonment or death. In the tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Corporation's South Africa Investment Decision | 5/3/1978 | See Source »

Egasti, the diminutive junior midfielder (don't believe any of that 5-ft., 9-in. Jazz in the program, either) played uncaged animal at the faceoff circle all day long. He won 27 of 28 faceoffs, and prompted Coach Bob Scalise to cite him as the number one factor for Harvard domination in the game. Meanwhile, teammate Mike Faught, who rifled home an impressive five goals during the contest, was simply amazed. "Jamie was just incredible," he said, "I've never heard of anyone winning that many face-offs before...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Stickmen Conquer Ivy Foe Princeton, 14-10 | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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