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...concludes by simply reversing the direction taken by the camera at the outset of the movie, this time following a young Puerto Rican out of the prison amidst jeers from his abandoned lovers in the penitentiary. Crafted for a theater's stage, Short Eyes as a movie remains a gut-wrenching work to watch, and despite its flaws, the promise shown by Pinero's script should make moviegoers think twice before passing up the film...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Honor Among Thieves | 10/29/1977 | See Source »

...inflammatory issues, whatever their emotional impact of the moment, are not enough to build and sustain a major conservative movement. Arnold Steinberg, a political strategist who has worked for Helms and former Senator James Buckley, believes that an alliance based on these gut issues would attract at best one-third of the electorate. Further recruits can be gained only by reaching out to groups who normally vote Democratic, largely on such bread-and-butter issues as creating more jobs and fighting inflation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Right On for the New Right | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...keep at it, but if I'm cut, then my gut reaction will be disappointment. Disappointment not to be a part of a team, and disappointment in myself for not doing a good enough job to make it," said the English major. "Sure, if I miss varsity, I'm most likely still on JV, but it's not the same. In perspective, maybe I'm lucky to be there, but the failure makes me reconsider my real ability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Close to the Edge: Hanging Tough Through Cuts | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

These are the "Rock" listings. They are not a gut. You do not have to stay here today, but if you decide to stick around beyond this week, attendance will be mandatory, since the purpose, letter, spirit and moped of this entire experience is violated if you don't show up regularly. No auditors will be permitted. There will be no hourlies, no papers, and no final. You will be graded telepathically, by computer, utilizing the magnetic strip affixed to the back of your student identification card. There are no curves, there are no section meetings, there is no grade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Was Your Summer? | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...driver is not Mario Andretti or even Walter Mitty. He is a thrill-seeking visitor at Northridge, outside Los Angeles, one of seven sites in California where anyone with a driver's license and a few dollars can safely savor some of the adrenaline-pumping, gut-clutching fever of Grand Prix racing-on a minitrack, in a scaled-down Formula 1 speedster. Le petit Grand Prix is already one of the hottest pastimes in California, the nation's begetter of vogues, and is spreading east. The two businessmen who laid out the first track in Malibu 29 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Le Mans for the Masses | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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