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...good excuse for hurling self-consciously shocking images upon the screen. These, in turn, are obviously designed to distract us from the fact that the film is intellectually bankrupt, unconcerned with historical characters or events. Russell's gift for imagery is undeniable; his outrages grab our attention even as common sense whispers that they are false, strained, childish in the worst sense. But the sensations have only a short-term effect; the mind cannot be conned. One leaves the theater feeling manipulated, ill-used, ripped...
...cannot cure the congressional hangover. Some of Ford's vetoes, often delivered with simplistic and negative explanations, represent a denial of the legitimate, if costly advances our society has made in the past years. On the other hand, many of the bills that he ve toed were grab bags of every tired idea that has been propounded in Congress in the past 30 years...
...they cannot present evidence of a struggle with the rapist, though fighting back may bring mutilation or murder. In an extreme example of this bias, a one-armed Chicago woman who had been raped at gunpoint was asked accusingly by the defense attorney: "Did you even try to grab the gun?" Yet researchers increasingly agree with the feminist advice to fight back unless the attacker is armed. Says Clinical Psychologist James Selkin, director of the Denver General Hospital's Violence Research Unit: "A potential rapist looks for a woman who is vulnerable to attack." In Selkin's view...
...taking that stand, Ford clearly was heeding his political advisers, who have been urging him to grab what credit he can for easing the withholding bite on American paychecks. If this year's tax cuts are not extended, a typical worker will find his weekly paycheck reduced by $3 to $10 after Jan. 1. In fact the tax cut will have to be increased from about $8 billion to $12 billion a year to prevent even a slight rise in withholding rates. Reason: the cuts now in effect began May 1, so for 1975 twelve months of withholding-rates...
Princeton and Brown both copped their initial Ivy League encounters to grab a share of the early lead in the loop's standings. Victims Columbia and Penn, respectively, took it on the chin for the second time in as many outings. In New Haven, Yale kept pace with the Tigers and Bruins (all three sport unblemished marks of 2-0), brushing aside Colgate. Dartmouth and Cornell evened their seasonal marks, powering their way in the winners' bracket with a pair of non-league triumphs...