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...talking about an ordinary adolescent escape route here, something like the stamp collection or the drum set preordained for the parental attic. We are talking about a lad who would, if he could, become a bird. We are talking about an adolescent making a bird suit pasted together feather by feather and then launching himself off roofs and cliffs in an attempt to fly. And we are talking about a madness that is innocent, joyous and, finally, perhaps unconquerable and exemplary. Especially as it is presented by Matthew Modine in a brave performance--just over the top but under control...
...profile of an Indian, complete with feather, gold earring and big nose, which has served as an unofficial mascot for two decades, that is the center of attention. In 1974, Native Americans at Dartmouth asked for the abolition of the Indian mascot, and the administration agreed to a change. But ever since, with the football season and the beginnings of the right wing student-run Dartmouth Review fall term turns into the Indian wars. Fraternities, the Review and the football team--to the great displeasure of the athletic director--have attacked "liberals" who support the 1974 decision for destroying school...
Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale were among those invited who forgot to R.S.V.P., but nobody seemed to miss them. Pete Swider, from Hamtramck, Mich., vowed to eliminate crime by issuing federal credit cards to all 18-to 21-year-olds. Wearing a blue velour jogging suit and a gold feather headdress, Chief Rufus Thunderberg, a self-proclaimed Indian leader from Connecticut, worried about an imminent energy crisis. His solution: emergency methane production. Instead of distributing surplus cheese to the hungry, the Administration, according to Thunderberg, should provide baked beans. William Allen Camps warned that an enemy power has been tampering...
...quaint setting at the compact track of Santa Monica City College, where the mood was suitable for a high school pep rally, and so few tickets were sold at just $4 a head that the gates eventually were thrown open to all. Being a 5-ft. 3-in. feather in the wind, Benoit found that just 50 jostling women caused a terrific congestion. She hurried into the clear under a delightful painter's hat with the bill brushed back. About three miles out, Benoit ran away completely and was astonished when no one kept up. "I didn...
...eagle-feather episode was merely a minor diversion in comparison with what one Mondale strategist says "is still the No. 1 problem around the convention": Jackson's role. Mondale Campaign Manager Robert Beckel detected a cooperative mood during a three-hour private dinner over ribs with Jackson in Kansas City Monday night, and after the two candidates met for two hours the next day, they sounded warily friendly. Jackson handed Mondale a list of black and Hispanic women who, he said, should be considered as potential Vice Presidents. More substantive, Jackson pledged that "together we will prevail in November...