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...first show it almost seems as if this jerk of a Sergeant is more than even a mod-squader can bear. They've all resigned because, as the black kid says, "the man is too hard to please." But after the commercial we return to a scene of the three Mod-Squaders standing around on a beach, and ... they've nothing to do, they're aimless, drifting, feeling useless to themselves and society...

Author: By Jay Cantor, | Title: Mod Squad | 10/8/1968 | See Source »

...Warren Court is certainly warranted. A Thurmond Court, say, could bring the Supreme Court firmly in line with a conservative administration and Congress. But the assumption that a Fortas Court, with Thornberry the moderate, would continue and build upon the work of the Warren Court is knee-jerk liberalism in the grand old style...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: The Fortas Reflex | 10/7/1968 | See Source »

...performance. Entwistle grim and impassive. Moon, mouth open looking happily about. Townshend concentrates hard but is not afraid to jerk and shudder with his arms and legs when he feels the will of the music. Daltrey convulsing. Townshend splits his guitar with one axe blow. Moon when drunk, as tonight personally supervises the destruction of his drums. Why do they...

Author: By Sal I. Imam, | Title: The Who | 8/13/1968 | See Source »

...older, you think better-up to the age of 22, that is. If you're a jerk at 22, you're always going to be stupid. If you're a genius, somewhere at 22 it's there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock: What a Gas! | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

Thigh-Slappers. Hope gave up journalism for a succession of other careers. As a soda jerk he was just a squirt. He laid an egg as a chicken plucker. As for boxing-well, as he says, "that's where I learned to waltz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: The Comedian as Hero | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

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