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Zest for Buffoonery. James Goldman's sweet-spirited script owes much to his previous The Lion in Winter, although Robin and Marian lacks the lofty airs that marred its predecessor. Marian has taken the veil, but presides over a tiny abbey with worldly animation. She swears with precision and puts up a heated battle when Robin insists on saving her from the sheriffs clutches. She would as soon go to prison, but she has little choice in the matter. Robin slings her over the back of a horse as if she were a saddlebag...
...Russians as usual came away with the lion's share of the winter medals. They picked up a host of prizes in speed skating, where Evgeni Kulikov, 25, and Valeri Muratov, 29, finished one-two in the 500. The Russian hockey machine, as expected, finished first...
Never have I been more proud of a kinsman since my father told me about my grandfather (another Daniel in the lion's den), and Moynihan's granduncle, who told British ground-rent collection agents to "go to hell...
Last week it was disclosed that for many years he was Lockheed's secret agent in Japan, collecting more than $7 mil lion since 1960 to help the firm sell air planes. An enormously wealthy man (worth an estimated $1 billion), with no readily identifiable occupation, Ko dama helped to found Japan's ruling party, assisted in the naming of Prime Ministers, and presumably used his connections on Lockheed's behalf...
...next bout, Sal D'agostino (190 lbs.) was pitted against Columbia's second stringer, and attacked him aggressively, looking for a pin. But the fired-up Lion put up the fight of his life, and the two grapplers were locked in a 6-6 knot in the waning minutes of the match...