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...Lion (Al Pacino) is an innocent, and Max (Gene Hackman) a combative cynic of the open road. Like George and Lenny in Of Mice and Men−rather too much like them, in fact−Lion and Max fall in with each other while hitchhiking on a lonely country road. Max has spent six years in stir at San Quentin; Lion has been at sea in the merchant marine for five, fleeing the strangulating responsibilities of family and a 9-to-5 job. Lion is on his way to Detroit to see his wife and the child she was about...
FRIDAY: Beckett. (1964) Peter O'Toole was the only actor ever to win two Oscars for the same role, Henry II, in this film and in "The Lion in Winter." Richard Burton portrays the Archbishop of Canterbury in this intelligent and energetic history. CH. 7. 11:30 p.m. Color...
...vividly recreated; men can be seen falling from sinking ships and drowning, women jump in despair off towers, and soldiers lead away looted cattle and sheep. In other panels, the conquerors are welcomed by the inhabitants of two other cities. This activity takes place against a landscape populated by lions, deer, panthers, leopards and even a griffin, the mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion...
That gesture was, in fact, a bow to the master of that new wave, Paul Bocuse, who calls himself the "Lion of Lyon." He received his third star in 1965 and is the new school's preeminent practitioner, the leader in the reaction against heavy, highly stylized cooking that burdens food with pre-reduced sauces, excess stuffing, ornate croustades and cosmetic montages. Bocuse preaches in favor of provincial simplicity in the tradition of the bonne femme who relies more on basic ingredients than complicated technique. "A chef, even a bad one, can never go wrong," he says...
...movement of other interest rates. Right now, that would be sharply up. The prime rate for smaller businesses-say those seeking bank loans of less than $500,000-would not be allowed to climb nearly as fast. In order to ensure that the big firms do not get the lion's share of available loan money, the guidelines will probably include a requirement that banks make a substantial percentage of their loans to small businesses (including those too small to qualify for the prime rate at all), and individuals seeking mortgage, auto-purchase and personal loans...