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...former resident of New York City, I take exception to the view that Lindsay's election signals a comeback for the Republican Party from the disaster of 1964. The man Mr. Lindsay ran against was a product of the corrupt, inept and hopeless Democratic organization that has left the city in the stagnant position it finds itself in today. A stronger Democratic candidate certainly would have sent J.V.L. scurrying back to Congress...
...knocked him halfway across the ring. Twice more, in the seventh and twelfth rounds, Joey was rocked by solid punches to the head. Legs rubbery, hair matted with sweat, blood trickling down his lumpy face from cuts over both eyes, he stubbornly fought on, even though his cause was hopeless. After 15 rounds, the judges' verdict was unanimous for Tiger. Giardello had no excuses. "I wanted to show New York a good fight," he said, and announced that he was retiring. At that, Champion Tiger could only wonder rhetorically: "How can he live if he does not fight...
Situation Hopeless-But Not Serious. It is Germany, 1944. Allied bombs are splintering a village, and out of the smoke and rubble steps a helmeted, hesitant air-raid warden named Frick...
...quickly identifiable as Alec Guinness, whose last really funny movie was The Horse's Mouth in 1959. Though billed as comedy, Hopeless flatly reestablishes that Sir Alec has taken leave of his sense of humor...
...However, Hopeless rallies when Connors suddenly squawks: "I want a dame!" Soon Sir Alec is off to the local bawdyhouse. His milksop face a mask of maniacal innocence, he joins the Madam (Mady Rahl) on a couch so voluptuous that his feet don't quite reach the floor. Whereupon, he proceeds to terrify the poor jade with his doubletalking request for the services of a young lady who can entertain a couple of eccentric friends in total silence. Such pimping could hardly be improved upon, which shows just how far an unpleasant comedy has to go to find...