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...tradition ("Following in Father's footsteps"). These numbers are performed with applaudable gusto, as the actors prance and gesticulate in unison. Meanwhile, solo numbers like "He Reminds Her of Her Father" provide a somber contrast to all the antics. One beautifully staged moment occurs during an episode when one gent is musing over the reported infidelity of his wife. As the lights dim over wafting cigar fumes, another gentleman emerges from the wings to deliver a visceral rendition of "Vesti La Jupe" from Pagliacci. All of these tunes were written during the period 1894-1905, and the names of such...

Author: By Judy Bass, | Title: Jimmy and the New Goliath | 11/16/1977 | See Source »

...asks him innocently. Alex pounces: "Sunset is a good word. Pretzel is a good word." At last, the gypsy stirring in her soul, Maritza jumps the bail that Alex has posted for her assault rap and heads for Mazatlán in a private plane, accompanied by a rich gent with a lickerish eye. Alex, who has spent most of the movie trying to keep Maritza under both bond and bondage, decides that like other wild creatures - Jonathan Livingston Seagull, for instance - she must roam free. He encourages, even effects her escape. As she flies off into the sun, Alex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Time to Bail Out | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...under which judges or juries get adequate information about each individual and his offense to use in making the life-or-death sentence decision. "The mood around here is pessimistic determination," says David Ken dall, who supervises the L.D.F. battle, "but we'll go on defending our indi gent clients as long as we can." The anti-death lawyers are already living with the fear and certainty that sooner or later they will fail to save someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Waiting for Death | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...weaters and vibrant pink turtlenecks cruised the banks and bridges of the Charles shouting encouraging crew wittisms to the bypassing rowers, "Row rapidly Radcliffe" the coxswains and oarsmen seemingly inspired by their driving counterparts of Mem Drive put on a bumperboat steering display which would make the most seafaring gent swear off the waters for life...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Crews, Chaos Converge for Head of the Charles | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...intricacies of Ada are urged to reopen their hearts. Look at the Harlequins comes in the form of memoirs by the distinguished Russian-born novelist Vadim Vadimych N., a cranky exquisite who laments piteously the high initial cost and outrageous maintenance expense of owning an artistic soul. This gent, at the time of writing, is a formidable old illusion-monger with a high, rounded forehead and the vanity of a borzoi. He was born a prince. Bounced from home and privilege by the revolution, he studied at Cambridge, and then, under the pseudonym V. Irisin, wrote in Russian a number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Butterflies Are Free | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

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