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PRINCETON 28, PENN 3--Deck Franklin Field with bombs from Holly...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bar-Hopping in Bruinland | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

THROUGH SALLY'S ORDEAL, we focus our attention upon the endless obstacle course that prevents her assimilation into society. The perpetuation of her role as a member of a deprived working class and the temptation of crime in order to survive are just a part of the stacked deck that she faces upon her release from prison. None of these issues are ever resolved. Nor should they be. In a straight-line narrative feature, questions are raised and answered within the course of the film; what makes Dozens unique is a marked sense of open-endedness. Certainly, Sally's portrayal...

Author: By Philippe L. Browning, | Title: Playing the Game | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...remain apart, the more certain it is that they must come together. Holliwell will find Father Charlie Egan and Sister Justin Feeney at the mysterious mission in Tecan. They will be joined by Pablo Tabor, a deserter from the Coast Guard and by far the wildest card in this deck. A homicidal speed freak ("Gimme a rush, Jesus. If you want me for a sunbeam"), Pablo signs on with Jack and Deedee Callahan, a permanently sloshed American couple who run guns in a cutter disguised as a shrimp boat. This work is not so easy or pleasant as it once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dying Causes, Tortured Choices | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

Police estimated the total value of items stolen last week at $1370, including a cassette deck and $50 worth of candy taken from a machine in Mather House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Blotter | 10/17/1981 | See Source »

...arms of government, the Reagan Pentagon has been the most cooperative recently in providing inanity suitable for ridicule. So no one should complain about the mothballing of the nuclear shell game concept. First of all, it'll probably be back before you can shout "Hit the deck! It's a preemptive first-strike attack!" And second, the military is hard at work hustling new yuks all the time...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: The Cutting Edge of Humor | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

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