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...McCabe and Mrs. Miller undermines the modern mythification of the American past, The Long Goodbye (1973) exposes the improbability of a more contemporary American hero: the private eye, as created by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Altman's Philip Marlowe (Elliot Gould) is an anachronism. His stocks in trade--intelligence, independence and integrity--are pitifully inadequate weapons with which to confront modern, large-scale, organized corruption...
Many freshmen find that during their first year away from home they took the first steps crossing from the last stages of adolescence to adulthood. "It's a passing phase," says Katherine M. Elliot '81. "I'm glad to have had the experience of living in the Yard, and I'm glad it's over...
...Elliot agrees with Riesman that some freshmen men seem immature. "I could carry on a conversation but I couldn't talk to them about anything that meant anything to me. I'm used to men; I'm not used to all those little boys running around. When you find someone they usually turn out to be winners, but it's a long, hard road in between. The guys here are into this boyfriend/girlfriend, try-to-get-laid attitude, and I find this immature. There's a need for communication, too. Either they are capable of a physical relationship and incapable...
Only Lapidus, a ball-smashing south-paw, has any realistic chance of placing high in the tournament. Defending team champion Stanford did not graduate a player, and it added Wimbledon semifinalist John McEnroe. McEnroe, teammate and defending individual champ Matt Mitchell, UCLA's John Austin, Elliot Teltscher and Trinity's Larry Gottfried should fight it out for number-one individual honors...
...Long Goodbye. Unbeatable Altman, blue and very funny. Elliot Gould makes sense as a transposed Philip Marlowe, although the best surprise in the movie comes from Mark Rydell's country-club gangster. May 10 through...