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Somehow the crucial father-son theme connecting Bloom and Stephen never emerges very clearly. Maybe Vatican II is to blame for drawing the poison out of the old Catholic guilts, but Tom Lee Jones' Stephen, in his wild Irish despair, seems no more interesting than a sullen Fordham freshman on a St. Patrick's Day drunk...
When-and if-Bill Walton decides to negotiate a professional contract, Gilbert will call the financial shots. The San Diego Conquistadors, hoping to capitalize on the father-son relationship, recently approached Gilbert about buying the club. Gilbert rejected the deal. "I want to be Bill's friend, not his owner," he said...
...arrangement, although Susan Onaitis admits that "it was quite a revelation to find out what a burden a man carries, knowing he has to pay the family bills for the rest of his life." Some couples have found that the role reversals strengthened their marriages as well as father-son bonds. Moreover Househusband Smith anticipates that Roger, 6, will grow up without the "machismo hangups that afflict many men." Says Smith: "Roger is used to seeing me cook and having me be 'Daddy-Mommy...
...other end of the age scale, Tim Horton, 43, has been lured out of retirement to steady a young Buffalo Sabres defense. So has Gordie Howe, 45, the legendary Detroit Red Wings star, who could not resist a big contract from the W.H.A. Houston Aeros to form the only father-son trio in hockey with his sons Marty and Mark...
...order to persuade his reluctant son Franklin to join the family firm, W. Maxey Jarman once threatened to cut off his inheritance. Even after Franklin, now 41, became chairman of Nashville-headquartered Genesco Inc. in 1969, father-son squabbling continued; in 1972 the Genesco board trimmed Franklin Jarman's authority by giving his father "added management responsibilities," but company troubles mounted and Franklin was restored to full command. Last week the younger Jarman displayed his authority by announcing that he would shrink the size of the company that Maxey built...