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...Forgotten Village (Kline; Mayer-Burstyn) is a documentary film of integrity and beauty, the story of the triumph of modern medicine over an archaic female herb doctor in the squalid village of Santiago, high in the mountains of Mexico's centra! plateau. Its post-production history is the triumph of reason over the paleolithic prejudice of New York State's three-man-four-woman board of movie censors, who banned the picture because it was "indecent . . . inhuman...
Thousands of other Paraguayans believed this man, whom they call Tupá Mbaé ("Sent By God"). The most famous herb doctor of southern Paraguay, his reputation as a curandero rivals that of Mariano Miguel Campos, who wields his herbs at Yhu in the northwest forests...
Outstanding in the Penn forward wall are the two flankmen, Bernie Kuezynski and Herb Nelson. The Pole is a fast and dangerous pass receiver and Nelson was a regular last year until he injured his shoulder in the Yale game...
...cold.' 'But it isn't very cold today.' I realized at once that I had given the wrong answer and I began to hedge. ... As he stood there stroking his beard and looking at me I heard the door slam and Herb's voice from down stairs asking where I was. ... I tried to think of a way to warn him of Father's presence . . . but my mind would not work fast enough...
...certainly admired the way he acted when he suddenly saw Father standing there. . . . 'Hello, Pop,' he said casually, 'Didn't know you were home. When do we eat? . . .' 'What's the matter with you?' Herb [asked his brother]. . . . 'He's running a little fever,' said Father. . . . Herb shook his head. 'That's funny. He was having as good a time as anybody up there-and the first thing I knew he was gone.' I looked at Herb with admiration. ... He was so calm, so unperturbed...