Word: expressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presence. He is hustled through the auditorium door, led down the aisle and runs up on the stage. The crowd--1300 strong and over 65--applauds more than politely for the junior senator from Massachusetts. Brooke grasps the microphone, looking knowingly into the crowd. "I certainly want to express my appreciation to the..." He looks down at the program he has been handed. "...Whitman Bank and to all who had anything to do with bringing this about...
Fantastic Express...
...outraged with Richard Schickel's review of the movie Midnight Express [Oct. 16]. I just saw the film and thought it was fantastic. Obviously he has no sympathy for Billy Hayes or for the thousands of other prisoners scattered in horrible jails throughout the world...
...Billy Hayes did get a raw deal from that country, or at least from its government. Retroactive sentences offend anyone's sense of justice, and it is a tribute to one Billy Hayes that he finally overcame all the obstacles placed in front of him. Midnight Express tells the story of this personal struggle in such compelling terms that we may forgive ourselves if we gloss over its rabble-rousing undercurrents. Few films have ever captured the essence of the human condition under extreme duress so vividly as Midnight Express has, warranting high praise for its philosophical ambition as well...
Andrew M. Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and a member of the Standing Committee on the Core, said yesterday, "Anyone who has spent a serious amount of time working in an area should express themselves in print. Therefore, it is surely appropriate for Dean Rosovsky...