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...said, 'but the roots of sin are there.'" Robert S. Strauss, the Democrats' party chairman, compared the party not to a louse but to a gorilla, but he evidently had only the mildest, friendliest, least threatening kind of gorilla in mind--after all, the party did not want to frighten any potential voters away...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Donkeys, Lice, Gorillas | 12/18/1974 | See Source »

...manages to present them with continuity. The bits themselves, carefully edited, represent the best of Lenny Bruce and capture his change in mood and brand of humor--as arrests persisted, Lenny's character became increasingly raffish, his voice increasingly strident and self-righteous, until he was trying to frighten his audience more than amuse...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Shooting Down Lenny Bruce | 12/4/1974 | See Source »

Richard III is like those horror stories that children tell to frighten each other. It is not one of Shakespeare's great plays; yet it has the power to grip an audience. Apparently, mankind's appetite for a total monster is insatiable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Black Spider's Web | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

...well equipped is Ford mentally and emotionally for the presidency? He has few qualms. Insisting he did not wish or expect to be President, he said last spring: "I see no reason why I shouldn't be a good President. It doesn't frighten me at all. I feel prepared, and I know the policies I believe in would be sound." Nonetheless, some people worry that Ford's plodding, amiable ways and his eagerness for consensus may render him less than decisive in a national crisis. His openness could prove to be a liability in the White House, where nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW PRESIDENT: A MAN FOR THIS SEASON | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

...have anything that would frighten any Harvard man in any event," Yale Coach Bob Giegengack said yesterday...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Battle Hapless Elis Today | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

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