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Second period--2, C, Alan Tigert 1 (Dave Hunter, Pete Natyashak) 3:57; C, Chris Grenier 9 (Hunter, Natyshak) 8:04; 4, Y, Darren Acheson (Scott Webster, Wood) 10:01. Penalties--C, Mike Schafer, (tripping) 0:56; C, Chris Norton, (slashing) 8:13; Y, Sean Neely, (slashing) 8:13; C, Norton, (interference...
...MARRAKESH ONE-TWO by Richard Grenier Houghton Mifflin; 346 pages...
...does Author Richard Grenier, a sometime scriptwriter and now film critic for Commentary. Grenier's best scenes vividly mix farce and mayhem, but they remain set pieces. He is less concerned with tightening the strands of his narrative than with slashing away at the twin hypocrisies of Celluloid City and oil country. From Libya to Egypt to Iran his film makers go, struggling to shore up their collapsing finances, and everywhere they encounter nothing but fanaticism, ignorance, treachery and greed. Readers interested in a balanced view of the Arab world should look elsewhere. If life is not fair...
...Finally, says Grenier, in 1941 (with Hitler in full control of Europe and America's Pacific feel at the bottom of Pearl Harbor) Gandhi "addressed an open letter to the prince of darkness himself, Adolf Hitler...'Dear Friend,' the letter begins and proceeds to a heartfelt appeal to the Further to embrace all mankind irrespective of race, color, or creed.' Surprisingly, it is not known to have had any deep impact on Hitler...
...Grenier's article has more, and it gets wore. Since my own brightly optimistic enthusiasm inspired by the movie has been considerably dimmed, it's only fair that other Gandhi-lovers (the movie Gandhi, that is) should share the path. If you want fairy-tale heroes, try Star Wars or something. Mahatma Gandhi turns out to have been made of flesh and blood after...