Word: mr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thanks to Mr. Trippett for finally pricking the Achilles' heel of the righteous runner. The only thing worse than an evangelical runner is a reformed smoker...
...reason leads me to accept Mr. Morrow's point in his Essay "On Crime and Much Harder Punishment" [Sept. 18] that a full-scale return to the death penalty would be "ethically shaming and emotionally exhausting" for the American people. The U.S. would have to endure criticism not only from foreign nations, but also from within. Our blood lust could well supersede that of Rome during the persecution of Christians...
Most dowsers seem to like nothing better than to regale skeptics with their accomplishments. Clarence Hollett of Willow Shade, Ky., styles himself as "the Mr. Doodlebug." In the dowser lexicon, doodlebugs are a special breed - diviners for oil. Hollett, a rotund, barrel-chested man, says he has found wells that produce 1 ,000 bbl. a day and, if only he hadn't been swindled by so-called friends, he might be a millionaire. He also dabbles in healing and dowses for gold. "Don't believe me?" he asks, and promptly borrows a gold ring from a cynical listener...
...this film, based on Ira Levin's bestseller, is the expensive sobriety with which it has been mounted. Director Schaffner seems determined to overwhelm our disbelief with production values-a strategy that frequently threatens to succeed. To begin with, there is the fascination of watching Gregory Peck, Mr. Integrity himself, playing Mengele. He sports a nasty little mustache and a stiff posture, and seems to be enjoying his change of face and pace. But no more than Laurence Olivier, no less, relishes playing the old Jew. Wise and crusty, frail of frame but stout of heart, Lieberman...
...favor, Mr. Self Indulgent. Hop the next plane to Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, or Milwaukee. Tell everyone you're from Boston, and they'll sit there wondering what a playoff and excitement on a baseball diamond in autumn are like. Tell them you were there and felt the vibrations of Athens and Sparta and your team almost won. They won't feel sorry for you. They shouldn...