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...Though he has written about successful riders before, this is the first time he has identified with a man who has it made. Indeed we are treated to the problems of celebrity. The hero, Edward Lincoln, is a famous movie sex symbol. The ruthless studio connives to exploit him; craven flacks bedevil him. Lincoln, who grew up in a racing stable, promises a dying friend that he will check up on why her expensive South African stable has not had a winner in months. The reason turns out to be pretty obvious, and Francis goes on to other things. Alas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Francis, Go Home | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

Restic's latest treat for the fans will be a set that uses four ends--John Hagerty, Jeff Bone, Bill Craven and Pat McInally--and only one running back. On one play all four run eight yard book any to exploit Penn's deep set secondary...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Football Team Favored Over Pennsylvania Today | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

...audiences, was the source of All in the Family. In its original television version, called Till Death Us Do Part, it enjoyed enormous success, but the Alf of the series and of this caustic film (Warren Mitchell) is no lovable oaf like Archie Bunker. He is a meanspirited, loudmouthed, craven boozer who is portrayed by Writer Johnny Speight and Director Norman Cohen with deadly dispassion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Reruns | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...easily be, so casually and contemptuously awful. Such movies are not even made with the same care or craft as the 90-minute features cranked out for television. They portray all black men as diddy-boppers or street-corner hustlers, all white men as drooling, craven criminals, and women of any complexion as whimpering sex machines. They lack the energy and dignity of good action melodrama. Super Fly and movies like it demean the audiences they are made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Racial Slur | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

...third quarter, after the Harvard offense had been sputtering all day, Yovicsin and the offensive coaches sent all the offensive black players in after a kickoff. Rod Foster was at quarterback. Bill Craven at flanker, Dave Robeson at tightend, and I was at fullback. Immediately we began to drive down the field. Foster was pinpointing passes to Craven and Robeson, running on his own when necessary, and handing off the ball to me in tight yardage situations...

Author: By Sid Williams, | Title: A Few Words Before I Go | 5/2/1972 | See Source »

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