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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Firemen's Ball and Oratorio for Prague--Two first rate, if lightweight, Czech films which run amuck. In Milos (Loves of a Blonde) Forman's comedy, the dramatic action edges toward the consequential and finally becomes downright grisly, with no let-up in the constant low-key joking. In Jan Nemec's documentary, reality gets out of hand as the appearance of Russian tanks drastically alter what had been intended as a cheerful film about the liberalized Dubcek regime. At the EXETER, Exeter St. between Commonwealth & Newbury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies and Plays This Weekend | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...know, some folks really toss jibes at his throwing. Let me tell you. This boy can toss bullets." -- Jim Root, University of New Hampshire coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brian Dowling Mystique: The Power of Talent and Press | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Counter to Leonidik is Marat, the impetuous dreamer who achieves his goals of becoming war hero and bridge builder, but forgets to find love along the way. In this role, Michael Sacks captures the character's lust for action in the first two acts, but let's down a little in the third. He doesn't quite get at Marat's feeling of emptiness in spite of success, and tends to substitute volume for incisive characterization...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Promise | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

This makes me rather disappointed in a way, for it seems that the most fulfilling role a football team can play is that of the spoiler, the destroyer. No matter what anyone tells you, do not let on that the Harvard-Yale game will be close. It must be kept firmly in mind, at least for the glory of it, that Yale is one of the greatest teams in the nation, in history, in the universe, in the mind of God, and that Harvard, albeit nice and good and undefeated, is no match for Brian Dowling, that wonderful hero...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Toward a Theory of Destruction | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...other words, the way to approach this game is with the same scenario in mind that you thought there would be at the beginning of the season. Harvard goes into the Stadium as the underdog spoiler. Let me tell you all the great things that Harvard can spoil...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Toward a Theory of Destruction | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

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