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...treasure trove. Behind all this, on shelf after shelf, is the record of the republic. Washington's letters from the field are here, along with dispatches from his trusted aide Benedict Arnold and letters in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and John Hancock. "Whatever you touch is an original," marvels Assistant Archivist Albert Meisel. "That's the one! That's the piece of paper he signed...
Directed by JOHN HANCOCK Screenplay by STANFORD WHITMORE...
...little difficult to determine what Director John Hancock (Bang the Drum Slowly) and Scenarist Stanford Whitmore had on their minds here. Hancock re-creates some lovely home-front ambience and gets winning performances from Vincent and O'Connor. Still, to give the movie some resolution, it is necessary to bring on a trio of Japanese youths who have run away from an internment camp. Their appearance triggers the film's one action sequence. Marion and most of Bidwell's male population beat the woods and brave the rapids in search of the three boys-a slapdash...
Also worth looking into: A rediscovery worth undertaking is the purchase of those early Wayne Shorter albums, the ones with Herbie Hancock on piano. Particularly pleasing are Night Dreamer and Speak No Evil...
...venture proved so successful that within five years other men had plans afoot to build another bridge upstream. By this time Hancock was governor. He didn't dare veto the bridge outright. Instead, he did what he considered the next best thing. He required it to be built near the Pest House-the infirmary for contangious diseased-and required the builders to pay Harvard 300 pounds per year as a fee. The proprietors regarded the first condition as perfectly convenient and, as to the second, they took their case to the general court which agreed they should pay Harvard...