Word: glenn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...white people," he says, "but blacks don't have the same reaction to it any more. Changing the name just reflects the insecurity and guilt of some whites who think the niggers in their town will be offended and throw rocks at the theaters." Paramount Vice President Charles Glenn adds: "I wonder what the media would call a film of Joseph Conrad's The Niggers of the Narcissus...
Though the Vonnegutian prose is lost, it's not really missed. The slickly manipulated surface is compensated by accomplished achievements in all technical departments. Hill has hired the best in the business--editor Dede Allen, photographer Miroslav Ondricek, musician Glenn Gould, and they all do as well as can be done with craft that lacks original inspiration. And the simplification of the story, and its screen enactment by a talented ensemble, result in as hard-driving a simple-minded pacifist's statement as the novel...
Most of the astronauts who have already resigned have found financially rewarding careers. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, made an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat, and is now part owner of several Ohio motels. Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter is head of an oceanographic company, while Apollo 8's Frank Borman is a vice president of Eastern Airlines. Mercury and Gemini Astronaut Gordon Cooper has set himself up as a management consultant. Wally Schirra, of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, when not acting as Walter Cronkite's sidekick during CBS's coverage of moon...
Poetry Reading. Glenn Schwetz and Chris Fletcher will read from their poetry at the Harvard Adcovate. Harvard Advoicate House, 21 South St. 8, May 18. Free and refreshments...
...Lion's strong points is the depth and quality of their pitching staff. Last year's starting rotation of Ray Nawrocki, Jim Winskowicz, and captain Pete Downs are all returning with more experience. This trio is bolstered by two promising sophomores. Glenn Erickson and John Gill. elsewhere, the veterans include all-league outfielder Jesse Parks and one of the conference's top power hitters Paul Kaliades...