Word: holdings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...album geared to bring in the kids, this pale attempt to dramatize an old Beatles album is a lame entry. During the first six days of August, one 1,500-seat theater in New York City sold less than 15% of the house at the average showing. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, another Beatles-inspired movie, got a clammy reception three months ago. Notes MCA President Sid Sheinberg ruefully: "I liked it. There was only one thing wrong-nobody wanted to see it." Other big, new movies with this embarrassing ailment include Convoy, International Velvet, Big Wednesday and The Swarm...
...opponent slams the ball and our Saturday's hero catches it in the eye." Or gets to eat what Braden calls "a fuzz sandwich." The sport's most common ailment, of course, is tennis elbow. A player's forearm muscles may not be strong enough to hold or control the racket correctly, resulting in an improper swing. Small rips or microtears develop in the tendons of the forearm muscles near the elbow, and chronic inflammation ensues...
...pontificate of disintegration." Even commentators friendly to Paul argued that his administration stagnated in the 1970s, and his implementation of Vatican II and its bold initiatives were supplanted by temporizing. No wonder. Beset by rancorous critics to his left and right, Paul had to struggle mightily merely to hold his church together. He succeeded, but in the process was branded overcautious, hesitant...
...Commons. Last week the Liberals were dealt a staggering blow outside Parliament (see following story), which made their balloting prospects look even bleaker. If the Liberals lose more ground, most of their disaffected supporters are expected to back the Conservatives. Says one Labor M.P.: "The Tories have only to hold their own vote and pick up two out of five Liberal votes, and they...
...entitled "Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960." It is a sampling of 200 works by 100 American photographers, curated and introduced by Szarkowski in his usual eloquent, aphoristic and pugnacious style. It is, inevitably, a grab bag, but one with coherent strands in it, and likely to hold considerable influence for the future...