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WHEN I was in high school, my English class read a story called "They Grind Exceeding Small." A very moralistic story, it was a diatribe against a nasty rich man who refused to lend a woman the money that would have saved her husband's life. Ironically (but, we are told, not accidentally), his own son dies as a result. It was all fairly complicated, and not very good, most of us thought. But it was assigned for a purpose. As our teacher pointed out, while the bad man in the story was pretty bad, he couldn't compare...
...narrator in "They Grind Exceeding Small" was delightful compared to Peter Harkness, the narrator of Dealing. Of all the one-dimensional men to creep onto the written page, Harkness must be leader of the pack. Peter Harkness, rich New England Harvard freak. A freak in J. Press clothing. His likes: dope, cigarettes, dope, "TWA stewies," dope, pubic hair. His dislikes: pigs, his parents, pigs, the mornings before exams, pigs, the Porcellian Club, pigs, pigs. The stoned vs. the straight, the freak vs. the pig-that is his Manichean worldview. And so we follow Peter Harkness from Boston to Berkeley...
...driving stoned, nearly wrecks his car, one wonders which side this book's on. Is it all a put-on? Most reviewers, like the one in the New York Times, thought the book was a plea to abolish anti-marijuana laws. But Peter Harkness, like the narrator of "They Grind Exceeding Small," antagonizes more than he convinces. The message of the book is not clear. What is clear is that every letter in Dealing is superimposed on a dollar sign. Like Crichton's other two efforts, this book is designed for one overriding purpose: to make money...
...between his 56th and 57th tour victories had many of Arnie's Army worried that their hero, at 41, might be over the hill. Many observers felt that golf's most exciting pro had become too fat financially, too comfortable for the rugged grind of the tour. Palmer may have shared some of their concern: since New Year's he has not had a cigarette or a drink. The quiet life and concentration on his game have obviously paid off. "I haven't felt this good in 20 years," he crowed after the tournament...
...oriented picture," suggesting groovy moors and Now people suffering Then hang-ups. Its significance is, finally, not aesthetic but historic. AIP, former king of motorcycle and beach-blanket flicks, has become a leader of the romantic backlash. In one fell swipe, it has disavowed its sleazy origins, bypassed the grind houses and landed the distributors' dream. Wuthering Heights will open at the ultimate Temple of Memory, Radio City Music Hall, sandwiched between an act called "The Educated Dogs" and a musical salute to Stephen Foster. Next on the AIP production schedule: remakes of A Tale of Two Cities...