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...hello there, son," he said, sidling up to the bar with the obvious desire of buttonholing me for a drink. Having read "The Last Hurrah" I was well aware that any defensive maneuver short of armed resistance was useless, so I gave in and ordered a round. My companion smiled and said "God bless you"--Irish drunks are the only people in the world who say "God bless you" when you haven't sneezed--and then began the Inquisition...
...hurrah to NBC for supporting what should be one of the best portrayals of Christ ever put on celluloid-Jesus of Nazareth [April 4]. As for the critics of the production, Bob Jones and his followers, I hope the non-Christian world does not take them too seriously. Jesus dealt with people like this in his day -they were called Pharisees...
...with a rosary in one hand and a bank book in the other. Penetrating sociological insight may not be Corry's forte--anyone looking for a portrayal of the rise and fall of the Irish-American ethic would be better off reading Edwin O'Connor's brilliant The Last Hurrah. Yet like many another Irishman, Corry has a real gift for story-telling. Within the contours of his historical narrative lurk all the denizens of the fantasy-world that became the home of the Irish aristocracy: the friendly politicians eager to hobnob with the new barons of industry, the neighboring...
...Hurrah for Marabel Morgan [March 14]! What a gal! Her concerns, beliefs and fresh, wholesome image are a welcome relief from the hardcore, ego-stomping, stern-looking, rebellious feminists and their so-called movement-who want, as you could guess, to be just like what they despise...
...There just isn't any evidence," he says, "to justify tinkering around with black families." His point: given the crippling pressures of unemployment and racism, it seems apparent that no alternate family structure would have worked better for blacks. Says Gutman: "The Moynihan report was the last hurrah for the idea that there is one right way to organize family life...