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...JOYCE MARLOW 334 pages. Saturday Review Press...
...help his image, Rockefeller has also been the guest of honor at a series of dinner parties arranged by Tennessee's Senator Howard Baker and Marlow Cook, a former Senator from Kentucky and now an influential Washington lawyer. The goal of the dinners is to show Senate Republicans-particularly conservative skeptics-that the Vice President is really just a misunderstood victim of his own fame. This week Rockefeller will be the grilled guest at another stag, all-business dinner given by Nebraska's Senator Roman Hruska, one of the G.O.P.'s right-hand anchors...
...months of close scrutiny and sometimes acrimonious questioning of his fitness for the job. The exhaustive hearings sharply contrasted with the Senate's final speedy and overwhelming vote in his favor. Many Senators who voted for him had some reservations. Even one of his strongest supporters, Republican Senator Marlow Cook of Kentucky, acknowledged that in Rockefeller's appearances before the Senate and House committees, "there were certainly some areas in which he did not reflect credit on himself." But most Senators concluded that Rockefeller had adequately answered their questions. Moreover, there was a widespread feeling in Congress that...
...Senator Marlow Cook of Kentucky, who faced an uphill fight for reelection against popular Democratic Governor Wendell Ford. A few weeks ago, the race was felt to be lopsided in Ford's favor. The Governor had effectively linked Cook to Nixon. But now, as one local G.O.P. official, Jack Will, puts it, "People will be voting on the candidates themselves." If Cook gets a campaign visit from President Ford, it is possible that the tide could swing...
...Long Goodbye is another Raymond Chandler-Philip Marlow thriller that was turned into a movie, this one starring Elliot Gould and Nina van Pallandt. The movie is a cross between a straight detective movie and a spoof on the genre, and suffers because of the confusion. When it was first released it flopped, only later to gain popularity as a parody. At times it's rather funny, and the story isn't all that bad. Gould is excellent and his car is magnificent. The film, directed by Robert Altman, comes to the Welles on Sunday...