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...would cut out these nostalgic and unimaginative throw-backs to the classics. But extra dimensions fast begin to fill out thanks to Benton's cleverly constructed script and his skillful direction. Bit by bit, he manages to do about as fine a job of taking the pre-War detective format and creatively putting it in the 1970s as Robert Altman did in The Long Goodbye...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Dyspepsia and Dark Alleys | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

...Green plays the role of the Crimson's Ivy League wild card, as the squads do not meet each other on weekends, which is the normal league format. When the quintets first played way back on December 15, Harvard emerged a handy 53-44 victor...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Dartmouth Nips Crimson Icemen, 3-2... ...And Green Upsets Cagers | 3/2/1977 | See Source »

...dickering with Author William Styron for the TV rights to his 1967-68 bestseller, The Confessions of Nat Turner. Said Monash: "Part of Roots' brilliance was in the programming. ABC caused an explosion by compressing the presentation so that the drama had built-in impact. I never liked the format of one hour a week, as in Rich Man, Poor Man. Waiting a week dispels interest; waiting a day heightens interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY 'ROOTS' HIT HOME | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

Haley began getting regular assignments from the Reader's Digest and later Playboy, where he inadvertently created that magazine's monthly interview format while doing a piece on Jazz Trumpeter Miles Davis. Another of his subjects was Black Muslim Leader Malcolm X, which led to his first book. Published in 1965, The Autobiography of Malcolm X became a 6-million-copy bestseller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race: Haley's Rx: Talk, Write, Reunite | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

Nancy Cooper and Deborah Sze each scored two victories in fencing's round-robin format. Anne Higonnet and Mary Holland gained some experience as alternates but failed to come away with fictories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cliffe Foilers Top Dartmouth Women | 1/18/1977 | See Source »

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