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...orations begin with straight history: Radcliffe was founded in such-and-such year, by so-and-so, in some building in Radcliffe Yard, and grew in the following three easy steps, etc. Above our heads slides of Anne Radcliffe and Ada Louise Comstock mingle with shots of women in long dresses in libraries and dining halls. Interspersed among these historical slides are contemporary scenes of Radcliffe and Cambridge...
However, halftime ties and close-on-the-scoreboard don't mean anything when Jamie Egasti is master of ceremonies. The Crimson dominated the little big things throughout (ground balls, shots, clears, etc.), and with the little guy's work on the faceoffs, it seemed an afternoon of unfair advantage...
...with your story on John Travolta [April 3]. He is an electrifying, sumptuous boyman, who exudes a magical aura on-screen that could cause volcanic eruptions. In our part of the world, he has caused disco-dance-contest crazes, polyester-chrome-hair crazes, neon Saturday Night Fever T shirts, etc...
...Walter Kidde, the sale of U.S. Lines completes an eight-year saga of frustration and expensive litigation. Sullivan, a Litton Industries alumnus who ran the conglomerate with Founders Tex Thornton and Roy Ash, has built Kidde from a sleepy outfit into a diversified firm (cranes, safety equipment, sporting goods, etc.) with 1977 sales of $1.5 billion and profits of $56.7 million. But the acquisition of U.S. Lines in 1969 for $104 million in cash and stock was, Sullivan admits, a grave mistake. U.S. Lines lost $1.5 million in 1970, whereupon Sullivan began looking for a buyer for that...
...locked in the brig, after he has clearly participated in the previous production number--oh hell, enough. The flourishes compensate for the flaws: the chorus singing tastefully offstage while only Billy and Hope dance during "It's DeLovely;" the words "knock-knock" delivered in character (Steward--bouncy, Purser--officious, etc.) by anyone knocking on invisible stateroom doors; and the nice little zings of punctuation that end a number like "Let's Step...