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Brian Buckley, Crimson quarterback, deserved a Purple Heart for his gutsy performance against a characteristically disciplined and hard-hitting Army defense. The partisans, who assuredly frown on defeat, watched in growing disbelief. Harvard? The Preppies...
Ingrid's Swedish husband, Fetter Lindstrom, a brain surgeon, persuaded her to smooth her frown, lay office cream and the fourth martini. He also advised her to emulate Garbo by keeping her garrulous mouth shut. On a movie set she stood up to directors; in real life she was easily led. Someone even had to tell her to abandon her marriage. Combat Photographer Robert Capa, whom she met in Paris after the war, tried. They loved each other, but he was not the marrying sort...
...film's attention to masturbation--as part of the characters' lives, and as a projected activity of the voyeuristic audience, the director and his unrestrainable camera. But the movie is hardly so sharply focused and all of a piece for this to be given much thought. The actors simply frown and spoof their way through the thing, treading water in the thickest nonsense until DePalma decides to drown the show in a wave of opulent violence...
...year-old is a lot taller now, but his arms are still thin, his torso unmuscled. Arias lost the tight three-setter to the crafty Chilean because he was unable to maintain the brilliant level of play that repeatedly brought the crowd to its feet and a puzzled frown to Fillol's face...
Another of Borg's assets is his icy self-control. He rules his emotions so completely that so much as an on-court frown leaves fans and fellow players awestruck. In an exhibition match last year against Vitas Gerulaitis, Borg actually uttered a Swedish oath after missing a shot...