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...Travis becomes obsessed with a cool socialite (Cybill Shepherd) who is a campaign worker for a too slick, too vacuous presidential candidate. Their relationship begins with his following her around at a distance, proceeds to his awkward efforts to date her, ends when he takes her to a skin flick. It makes a nice little essay in the confusions of cross-cultural courtship. However, Travis' failure as presented is more farcical than tragic, and it never adequately explains his becoming a killer. He acquires a small arsenal of guns and starts stalking his lady's candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Potholes | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

...watch now available-losing or gaining only a minute a year-the digital comes in two basic models: the L.E.D. (for light-emitting diode) and the L.C.D. (liquid crystal display). On the L.E.D.s, the digits light up at the press of a button or, on some models, at the flick of the wrist. The L.C.D. provides a continuous display, but to be seen clearly it must be angled according to the available light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Going Digital | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

...NIGHT CALLER is billed as the best psychological thriller since psycho. It is certainly not that, but there are just enough psychological loose ends to prevent the film from succeeding as a straightforward action-crime flick. Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Inspector Le Tellier, a Gallic Dirty Harry--the unorthodox cop obsessed with getting, and preferably killing...

Author: By Anne Strassner, | Title: A Tepid Thriller | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

Under the rules of the fast-paced sport, a goalie cannot sit on the ball at any time, without incurring a penalty flick against her squad. The Wellesley netminder almost hatched the sphere midway through the opening half, but no penalty call was made, despite the protestations of the Radcliffe crew...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Wellesley Stickers Whitewash' Cliffe, 1-0 | 11/7/1975 | See Source »

...Possessing the ball 95 per cent of the time and firing nine shots on goal the 'Cliffe could not penetrate the Bridgeport net. Field said that the score could have easily gone either way in the Worcester State game as Maude Wood scored a third goal on a penalty flick near the end of the game. It was called back, however, because she committed sticks...

Author: By Ann M. Koufman, | Title: Linsley, Wood Named All-Stars But 'Cliffe Drops Two Games | 11/4/1975 | See Source »

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