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...same problem is a crusher for O Lucky Man! though Anderson's politics have changed. This three-hour picaresque story (again photographed by Ondricek) grew out of a semi-autobiographical comedy Malcolm McDowell, the star of the film, wrote about his early years as a traveling coffee salesman. Anderson and David Sherwin went to work on enlarging McDowell's comedy into a major work. They extended McDowell's ideas into a string of improbable events which eventually present Malcolm McDowell's success -- his rise from coffee salesman to actor -- as a paradigm for humanity. Yet, despite the writers' attempts...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: If Only.... | 5/30/1973 | See Source »

...Eight-ball" Mears, third place finisher, denied yesterday that Radcliffe men discriminate against female pinball players. Mears explained the presence of only one woman, Debbie "Ego-crusher" Sheets, among the top ten vote-getters by saying, "Females have a marked tendency to eschew the Radcliffe pinball environment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rookie Dave Wilson Cops Top 'Cliffe Pinball Award | 5/17/1973 | See Source »

...four mules and worked the vineyards seven days a week from daylight to dusk." With the first stirrings of repeal, they dug up $5,900.23 in capital and set out to produce their own wine. They rented a railroad shed for $60 a month, bought a $2,000 grape crusher and redwood tanks on 90-to 180-day terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: American Wine Comes of Age | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

...clearest, most informative urban maps this side of France's Michelin guides. He will discover the delicate wrought-iron tracery of Fairmount Park's old bridges, the city's best ice cream stand (Bassett's in Reading Terminal Market), and even a giant automobile crusher on Penrose Avenue. To make sense of the city streets, the book traces Philadelphia's growth from the neat rectangular grid of streets studded with parks laid out by Penn himself in 1622, through later annexations of communities like Germantown, to the present sprawling conurbation. It diagrams the changing patterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Understanding Cities | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

...crowd of 13,000 got their yuks for the day during the UMass band's half-time show, but they soon got their first real smell of defeat, as the Redmen marched 77 yards in six plays right after the second half kick-off. Once again, the crusher was a slant-in, this time to Gary Mika, for 56 yards...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: UMass Surprises Football Team, 28-19 | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

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