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...film is probably best seen as an investment in future reminiscences. The clumsy, unprofessional touches are the first to fade from memory, and one is left to savor the concepts and situations in their pure form--the way Brooks envisioned them. In five years, Blazing Saddles will be one helluva film...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: A Blaze of Botched Chances | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...country, yet it is an almost impossible task for Walker to attract top-flight divers to Cambridge given the lack of depth of the IAB pool. All things being equal, the difference between Princeton's 14 feet of chlorinated water and Harvard's 11 feet is a helluva lot more than three feet...

Author: By Charles B. Straus iii, | Title: CBS Reports | 3/12/1974 | See Source »

...theme of individualism. Maybe Dylan has moved emotionally from "Don't Think Twice" to "If Not for You," but choosing to sing only the first song this week was deliberate. Indeed, if anything, his stunning performance seemed a conscious attempt to prove that being himself, for Dylan, is a helluva lot to be. The audience seconded that judgment...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: The Thin Man Goes His Way | 1/18/1974 | See Source »

With his ornate cane, his velvet clothes, his rich Englishman's air of snootiness, Rivington's manner alone would have made him a hate object for 1773's scruffy liberal patriots. But he was also a helluva writer, and his witty barbs and protective air toward the Tory community drove the patriots to hysteria...

Author: By Les Whitten, | Title: Ominous Parallels for a Free Press | 11/27/1973 | See Source »

...comes out. The fast-talk New Yorker conceals it assiduously. But it is there, and it explains the curious compassion that runs through Breslin's work. He's a tough guy, he writes strong, crude, simple prose. He likes it that way. But underneath....well.... Jimmy Breslin is a helluva firetruck ride. And it's worth hanging on to see what's under the hood...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Revving Up With Jimmy Breslin | 10/12/1973 | See Source »

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