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...John Bragg and Mike Cahalan were swimming third and fourth. But first Bragg, then Cahalan, passed Columbia's Mick Mytkowicz to finish second and third, with Bragg barely losing to Steve Schlaihauf. Tony Gerhart and Dave Powlison gave Lane a great battle in the 100-free, as the Lion star won in 49.5, a victory by only 0.2 seconds...
...Lions do have a couple of swimmers worthy of mention. Their most outstanding competitor is sophomore Homer Lane, who has been winning regularly in the freestyle events at 50 and 100 yards. Lane was the first Lion ever to break 50.0 seconds in the 100 free, and is considered the most promising swimmer in many decades...
...African memories and revelations of the inner world of the feminine intellect in London, plunges into fictional futurism with a book called 7999. Eudora Welty, the soft-voiced but enduring prose mistress of Mississippi, is bringing out her first novel in 15 years. Jean Stafford (Boston Adventure, The Mountain Lion), who has also siphoned off much energy into intricate short stories, has finished her first novel in 17 years. Titled A Parliament of Women, it is set in the author's native Colorado, and one of the main characters will be based on her father, a redoubtable writer...
...short, if sex had been the entire issue, Effie might have forgiven Ruskin his glaring sin of omission and settled down as just another glum Victorian helpmeet. But Ruskin, though a recognized genius and cultural lion, hated to go to parties (which Effie loved), could not bear to be disturbed at his work (Effie seemed to regard interruption as a woman's prerogative), and always said "I" instead of "we" when talking of their plans for anything. Worse, he plainly preferred his parents' company to her own. "All their conversation," she wrote, acidly describing an evening with...
...Lion in Winter has some clever dialogue ("You're like a democratic drawbridge, going down for everyone"--"At my age, there isn't much traffic.") It occasionally has some clever shots (Henry II kicks aside dogs and chickens to formally greet the King of France.) It even has some clever acting. The problem is, the film has no purpose. A movie like this, a cultural spectacular, with respected stars, cleaning up Oscars as it no doubt will, ought to have some reason for being done. The Lion in Winter just brings to mind James Thurber's epigram: "The world...