Word: elson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Your essayist, John T. Elson, surely chose a fine group of "martyrs." Why did he exclude "Dutch" Schultz? Schultz probably did less damage to society than Che Guevara. Elson's notion appears to be that anyone killed doing his thing is a martyr. The liberal-dominated press seldom speaks out now against the suppression of human liberties in countries like Hungary, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, but continues to blame the white race for being so long silent and inactive concerning the plight of its Negro brothers in the Old South and the new ghettos. Inconsistency, thou art a liberal...
...Still, the masterful symmetry of the plot, the nuanced yet aphoristic clarity of the dialogue and the unobtrusive evocation of what D.H. Lawrence called "the spirit of place," explain in part why Rohmer has lately become something of a film fan's cult figure. John T. Elson...
While the Follies.v color spread was being prepared, a team headed by John Elson was at work on the cover story. It was written by Stefan Kanfer, our movie critic, making one of his frequent forays into Broadway territory, and with good reason: he is a sometime playwright. Five years ago, Alexis Smith starred in a pre-Broadway tryout of Kanfer's comedy, The Coffee Lover...
...material gathered by Anson and Kane went to Associate Editor Ray Kennedy, who wrote the cover story. It was edited by John Elson and researched by Alexandra Mezey, a sportswoman who has postponed her vacation in order to see the fight. Of the team, only Kennedy claimed to be the classic fight fan: "I'm a screamer and a yeller, a foot stomper, a seat pounder. I'll admit to a certain blood lust, a sense of impending disaster. I wait for the big punch that will...
Kennedy, who boxed in college, ventured a prediction on the outcome: "Ali will win in the 13th round." Kennedy's colleagues also offered their individual prophecies. Elson: "Ali will win by decision"; Kane: "Ali, by a decision"; Anson: "Frazier will score a knockout in the 8th round"; Mezey: "Frazier will win-it's my female intuition...