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James Bond is a natural-born gambler, and herein lies his appeal. Bond first appears in Dr. No dressed suavely in a tuxedo (Bond always first appears dressed in a tuxedo) at a gaming table in London. The casino represents his natural habitat, and his missions only draw him away from where he actually belongs...
HUGHIE (Columbia). "In a really dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eugene O'Neill unfolded one of those nocturnal dialogues, ostensibly between a small-time gambler and a hotel night clerk, but actually between a man and his shattered-mirror images of himself. Jason Robards lays his life on each jagged line...
...quality of mind which dramatically links individual and social reality. Born in a land of many cultures and ideologies, he combines within himself a series of paradoxical styles of life. Faced with pressures which would have torn most men apart, Dedijer played his roles like a master historical gambler, shifting with the social context yet holding some basic values constant. The cost of this freedom was, for ten years, disgrace and exile. The reward has been personal vitality and historical peace of mind...
Powell claimed that he was a victim of New York's "lily-white bench and underworld-controlled judges." Cops and crooks were in cahoots to prevent him from cleaning up Harlem's corruption. Prize example: Arthur Powers, a gambler, was shot to death last Oct. 20; the killers, Terry Lindsay, "Skippy" Martin and "Hank" Hawkins, were known, but "have been sheltered by the police." Moreover, Esther James, the 68-year-old domestic whom Powell had already libeled, was the "finger woman" for the murder...
...Only One." As usual, Powell was less than careful with his facts. Gambler Powers had been killed on the specified date. One Perry-not Terry-Lindsay was arrested a few days later, has been in jail ever since, and is under indictment on a first-degree murder charge. Police have been hunting for Martin and Hawkins for months, but apparently the two men are, like Powell himself, on the lam. As for his latest charge against Esther James, Powell probably would have been hit with another libel suit if he had made it anywhere except on the House floor, where...