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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...really British?) is generally quite competent. The women are the best; Gloria Fisher as Mrs. Smith is the Perfect Lady, who covers up her viciousness by layers of daubbed on gentility. Sarah Kindleberger as Mrs. Martin demonstrates the marvellous British ability of placing one's foot in one's mouth. The production has an endearing air of unpretentiousness about it; even the short cast-audience discussion afterwards works well...

Author: By Kenneth G. Bartels, | Title: The Bald Soprano | 10/28/1971 | See Source »

...Crimson breezed to a 23-2 victory over the Dart Mouth Saturday, but the win may have been a pyrrhic victory that will shake the foundations of Cambridge's only breakfast table daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Wins Again | 10/27/1971 | See Source »

...himself--his past and his future--with a new slant. His past, the years that he had spent in the joint, was not the prelude to a danse macabre as it had sometimes seemed, but rather the first steps in a courtship: "Every time I've opened my mouth, assumed my battle stance, I was trying in effect to say I love you, African--African woman...If my enemies, your enemies, prove stronger at least I want them to know that they have made one righteous African man extremely angry. And that they have strained the patience of a righteous...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: If We Must Die | 10/27/1971 | See Source »

...madame" and "miss." Other command tips: "Remember that your thoughts and emotions are revealed by facial expression, tone of voice or a gesture. No matter how cynical a police officer becomes, he should not let feelings affect his behavior in public. Never raise your voice. A big mouth does not indicate a big brain." When responding to a complaint, the policeman should enter the person's home as if he were a "guest and not an unwelcome intruder. Remove your hat and wipe your feet before entering. Do not smoke or lounge around as if you were in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Polite Police | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

...crack. Though Louisa, the older girl, is as in love with her father as he is with her-a near case of incest-she senses the dry rot behind his probity. Touring Africa, she sees Third World poverty and asks her father to put his money where his mouth is. The radicalizing of his teen-ager catches Henry faking. He begs the question. Like a deceptively mild inquisitor, Author Read keeps turning the screws. Louisa moves on to the Free-Speech Berkeley of the mid-'60s and comes home after being liberated, married and divorced, all by 19. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hope Against Hope | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

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