Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...facet of the University until Hall's replacement learns the ex-Sheraton-vice-president's complicated system. That doesn't mean we can expect to see Bok down in the Science Center basement, wrench in hand, toying with the Delta 2000 computer. But Bok may be forced to pay closer attention to the administrative details of the University for longer than he'd like...
Joey follows directly from the tradition of Dylan songs epitomized by John Wesley Harding: the title song, on first appearance, seems to be simply another tribute to the myth of the "outlaw-hero". A closer listening, though, reveals that all of the traditionally apothesized qualities of the outlaw have been either turned on their head--"he travelled with a gun in every hand", "with his lady by his side he took a stand" (what self-respecting outlaw would make his stand with his lady by his side?); or else cloaked in puzzling ambiguity--"he was never known to make...
With the New Year, however, all has changed. Closer forechecking, the employment of four lines, and greater familiarity with each other's style of play has produced five wins and two ties, all against above-average-to-excellent competition...
...Citibank and Chase had landed on a list kept by the Comptroller of the Currency, a chief U.S. banking regulator, of "problem" banks. Reason: they held a relatively large volume of questionable loans in relation to the capital they had on hand to cushion potential losses. That merited a closer-than-normal watch over their operations by regulators...
...ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN is a minor but interesting contribution to the growing number of films about upper-middle-class fears and fantasies, particularly those related to sex and marriage. This film treats some of the same discontents as Scenes from a Marriage or Sunday, Bloody Sunday, but it is closer in conception to something like The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, which makes more sense on the psychological than the plot level. Unfortunately, it lacks the fanciful and humorous elements of Discreet Charm, but it has a few ideas of its own to offer...