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...weaknesses: he is considered a bit overgenteel for higher political office. Nonetheless, his seniority makes Reuss an odds-on favorite to succeed 78-year-old Wright Patman as chairman of the powerful Banking Committee. It would be a fitting reward for a patient Congressman who has consistently done his homework...
...Yardlings have been doing their homework this fall for they have reached the midway point of the season with a 2-1 record. The freshmen hosted Tufts in early October and began the season successfully with a 39-14 victory...
...ideas are strong and he appears to have done his homework on city problems. The nicest note in his campaign literature is a suggestion that trees be planted all over the city. "I have been trying unsuccessfully to get trees planted outside my house to replace those cut down," he mourns...
Such is the warp and woof of See No Evil. The notion of any helpless, threatened blind girl kilometers from nowhere would excite empathy and terror. As Sarah, Mia Farrow raises every available hackle as she retrogresses from sunny convalescent to whimpering animal. She has done her homework diligently; the tentative movements, the high querulous voice that reveals her pitiful dependence are convincing attributes of her newly sightless state. If she displays a narrow emotional range, that is less the fault of the actress than of the film makers...
...abroad is dignified, correct and, above all, distant, the gracious teatime and dinner companion of potentates and princes, ministers and maharajahs. Tall and tanned, he is meticulous to the point of having every last hair in place, even after stepping out of a minor gale. He has done his homework. In private talks and ceremonial functions, Agnew, from all available evidence, has performed flawlessly. Perhaps too flawlessly...