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City Hall will probably look to Washington no matter what happens in November. Beame still seems to be a gambler betting on an unseen card. He appears to be following the dubious premise that it will be easier to bargain with the President of the U.S. than the presidents of the city unions...
...real Casanova-played in the movie by Donald Sutherland-was an intellectual, a gambler and a great Venetian libertine, who seduced and abandoned ladies by the hundreds in his travels across Europe. His Memoirs are usually considered to rank among the classic 18th century autobiographies. Fellini disagrees. He professes to have ripped the pages with rage as he read them. "Unfortunately, I had already signed to do the film," he says. "No nature, animals, children, trees. The stron-zo [turd] roamed the whole of Europe and it is as if he never moved from...
...restless political prowler, John Connally hates to be out of the center of the action. In his riverboat-gambler style he continues to calculate his chances to become President. "Right now," he says, "there's room for only two men on the court, Ford and Reagan. But if one of them is eliminated, it's an entirely different situation for me. I'm watching it closely...
...trial run Or two. He is also INtelligent about not overdirecting them. "Stanley is a great believer in the man," says Murray Melvin, who is superb in the role of a snaky spiritual adviser to Lady Lyndon. "You have to do it." Adds Patrick Magee, who plays a gambler: "The catchwords on the set are 'Do it faster, do it slower, do it again.' Mostly, 'Do it again...
...leads in other ways as well. When offensive coaches gather every week to plan strategy for the next game, he sits in, offering suggestions. On Sunday he calls his own signals in the huddle and is a master at dissecting a defense. Unlike many methodical quarterbacks, Tarkenton is a gambler. His desperate scrambles behind the line of scrimmage are the stuff of N.F.L. legend; he can demoralize a stubborn defense with long passes when all he needs is short yardage on third down...