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After the general debacle on the golf course-won by Miami Dolphin Safety Dick Anderson, who finished near par -the athletes moved to the swimming pool. Boston Celtic Star John Havlicek immediately complained about his lane assignment next to Shotputter Brian Oldfield ('I'll drown in the tidal wave he creates"). After two laps, Oldfield surfaced gasping and decided to watch the close finish between defending Superstar Champion Bob Seagren, a pole vaulter by profession, and Kyle Rote Jr., son of the former New York Giants split end and a professional soccer star in his own right. Rote...
...surprise is that French Novelist (The Day of the Dolphin) Robert Merle's premise should yield such an entertaining and cheerful novel. Anyone who has read Herman Kahn, with his printouts of megadeaths, or the other prophets who have envisioned post-Bomb races of savage mutants hotfooting it across the radioactive countryside, might have concluded that nuclear holocaust is not much...
...powerlessness in its face. There was an ongoing sense that the scene has gone out of control. If the world's not doomed (Mean Streets), it's irrational (Don't Look Now); if it's not confined (Papillon, American Graffiti), it's corrupt, inconvertibly so (Serpico, Day of the Dolphin, Paper Moon, etc). And--most apparent in this year of sidekicks and Kung Fu, women in the movies are less in evidence than ever...
...most other sports are based on traditional odds. Football books always quote a point spread designed to be large enough to attract some bettors to the underdog, yet tight enough to be a hedge for the bookies if the favorite has had a bad day. For the Super Bowl, Dolphin fans who put down their bets early will collect only if their team wins by six points or more. A Viking bet will pay off if Minnesota manages to lose by fewer than six points-or, of course, if Minnesota wins. Where betting is illegal, losers forfeit their bet plus...
...talking dolphin, is cute, graceful and quite lovely to watch. Since Day of the Dolphin contains no threatening or challenging scene or idea, it might be considered a good family movie. But only for families who feast on pablum...