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...trying to survive in a house-of-mirrors world ruled by a manic, eloquent, grandly eccentric genius, a kind of prankish, omnipotent deity. But this is not enough for Rush. In its jumbled hyperactive way The Stunt Man is part corny romantic comedy, part whoop-it-up action exploitation flick, and high-brow, somewhat pretentious anti-war statement (circa Vietnam) and quickie-metaphysical study of Paranoia, Art, and the old Illusion/Reality enigma. The Stunt Man's got it all, even those big, capitalized questions of Significance, which flutter like damp fortune-cookie slogans blowing around in the whirl wind...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: A Celluloid Magic Show | 10/30/1980 | See Source »

...surprise of the afternoon was the third-place finisher, Harvard's Ellen Gallagher. Gallagher battled B.C.'s top runner Cindy Flick for most of the race, pulling away in the last half mile and crossing the line in 17:56, her personal best...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Harvard Harriers Race in Boston Championships | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

Folklore and Mythology 107 is designed "to ease the pains of withdrawal from Humanities 9," which was discontinued this year, Hugh M. Flick Jr. '68, an instructor in the course, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ec, Computer Draw Biggest Crowds | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

...Flick attributed his course's popularity partly to the "fun literature" on the reading list, which includes "Gulliver's Travels" and "Alice in Wonderland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ec, Computer Draw Biggest Crowds | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

Since his wife's death in Crete, Vandam has struggled manfully to pull himself together and raise his son Billy. He guns a BSA 350 motorcycle through the clotted streets of Cairo and chases his adversary in one memorable scene worthy of a Steve McQueen cop-pursuit flick. He also drinks a lot of gin. Humiliated and frustrated in his confrontations with the Egyptian Nazi sympathizers, he presents Follett's simple but valid editorial: "Yes. We're not very admirable, especially in our colonies, but the Nazis are worse . . . It is worth fighting. In England decency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nile Wiles | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

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