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...great, absolutely fabulous, what's happening in the movies," he said. "The day of the Hollywood-made-and-controlled film is over. The day of the multi-million dollar monolith like Hello. Dolly is over. The only reason I'd make a movie in Hollywood is to make a picture about Hollywood, as it were- shot on location." He leaned over and laughed raucously, his eyes glowing mischievously at the prospect. "Seen All About Eve a lot?" he asked...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Mart Crowley and 'The Boys' | 3/25/1970 | See Source »

...successful strategy against the economic monolith will not result from secretive acts of terrorism, but from mass actions against corporations and the government to achieve economic and social gains. As it was, the bombing barely succeeded in closing IBM and Mobil for a day. A successful strike would close these firms and end war production until they had effected far-reaching changes in basic policy...

Author: By M. DAVID Landau, | Title: "Bombs Bursting in Air" Urban Terrorism | 3/19/1970 | See Source »

...acknowledge a street level, and make some concession to the scale of Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library. Instead of being so glaringly glass and steel it might honor the warmly colored texture of Back Bay. Finally, there's no reason for it to be a 60-story monolith-land isn't all that scarce in Boston. Of course, excessive height and strikingly in human scale are an asset to a commercial building. They assert that it is the most important, the biggest and the best, even while it draws bigger traffic jams...

Author: By Deborah R. Waroff, | Title: Back Bay The City as Art | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

Mickey Mouse has been the football Band's preoccupation in recent years, and last year at the Dartmouth game, the bandsmen erected a monolith from which Mickey Mouse emerged to end the halftime show. This year, the strains of the Mickey Mouse Theme were repeated and have reaped some adverse reactions...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: The Harvard Band: After Today, What? | 11/22/1969 | See Source »

...rises against the sky without any respect for anyone, defying human perception. Look at it: it is only an image, the stark print of a monolith, pasted on blue paper. Touch it-it is mere granite. It makes no noise, has no odor. Even as you shiver in its shadow, you forget it exists...

Author: By Sandy Bonder, | Title: On the Far Side of the Monument | 11/20/1969 | See Source »

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