Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More optimistic Republicans note the dismal shape that the Democrats were in following the defeat of McGovern and take comfort in the cyclical nature of American politics. After a drubbing the G.O.P. tends to rebound, as it did following Barry Goldwater's huge loss in 1964. Observes Teeter: "Every time the Republican Party takes a real shellacking, it bounces back. But it's like a rubber ball. It doesn't bounce as high as it did the time before...
...last week a note bearing the seal of Her Britannic Majesty's Government arrived at the U.S. State Department. It announced a unilateral British decision to chop the frequency of U.S. airline service between Chicago and Miami and London by one flight a week beginning this winter. The note was the most serious salvo to date in what promises to be a bitter, high-stakes U.S.-British commercial battle that may eventually involve every airline flying the rich North Atlantic route...
...note oddly resembling honesty sounds now and then in this cheerful book of jailhouse blues by Bank Robber Willie ("The Actor") Sutton. All the world knows Sutton as the man who said, when asked why he robbed banks, "Because that's where the money...
Loose ends don't really detract, though, because the film's final clinching shot throws open all doors to analysis. Hari has allowed Sartorius to dissect her, leaving only a note, and Kelvin has decided to return to Earth, he approaches his home, where the film began, and in the doorway kneels at his father's feet, head buried in his lap, one of those poignant Bergmanesque poses. The camera begins to pull up and up, above the house, the trees, the adjacent lake, until we see the entire island surrounding the house, sitting--you guessed it--in the middle...
...exclusive franchise, ever since the archtattler of them all, Deep Throat, told his tales elsewhere. Among the newcomers, the best is George F. Will, who thinks cleanly and writes with irony. Others stand out for special qualities and interests, though these assets become debits when they get Johnny One Note about them, as Tom Wicker does with his angry Southern passion for civil liberties and prison reform, or Anthony Lewis with his affinity for the law and the opinions of the Harvard law faculty. Dave S. Broder ranks as the best political reporter in town. Peter Lisagor is admired...