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Block's acquaintances regard him as a nice guy, a "perfect neighbor," as one of them said. But they fear that his mild manner and lack of Washington experience may make him a weak advocate for the farmer in the capital. Says one Kansas farm official: "They play hardball in Washington; Block has not been in that league before...
...then: "Let us not forget that tanks and rockets could also be the reply." On Dec. 5, Solidarity declared a six-week moratorium on strikes. It also toned down its rhetoric. When the government suspended screenings of Workers 80, a film about the strikes, the union raised only a mild protest. A month earlier, such censorship would have provoked a strike threat at the very least...
...independence and gumption she has not acquired in her life as a certified Jewish American princess. It is hard to believe that a woman of 28, no matter how dippy, would think that yachting is an activity much pursued even in the new new Army, but such mild comedy as the film offers lies in watching a middle-class lady come to terms with the rigors of basic training. Even so, it cannot be said that having the tired old situations of service comedies worked by women instead of men freshens them much...
Ellen Burstyn is called upon to cover a physically and emotionally broad range of acting. While empathetically assuming the pain of an invalid she goes through an impressive series of facial and bodily contortions. Ordinarily possessed of a mild countenance with round, gentle features, her face can grow taut with anger or sadness...
...from 31 to 19, to 27 to 23, As expected, the two Republican incumbents-Delaware's Pierre S. Du Pont IV and Vermont's Richard Snelling coasted to victory, while Indiana's Lieutenant Governor Robert Orr succeeded his retiring G.O.P. predecessor, Otis Bowen. There was a mild upset in North Dakota, where Republican State Attorney General Allen Olson edged out the incumbent, Democrat Arthur Link. Democratic Governors won re-election in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Utah. In Montana, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ted Schwinden won the top job after upsetting Governor Thomas Judge...