Word: pattern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...several voices of conscience and temptation, counsel marriage, art, faith or rebellion. The scenes interrupt and comment on each other. Adaptations from the short stories and novels are intercepted by reflections from the diaries and the famous Letter to his Father. Every moment repeats and plays on the basic pattern of a mind plotting its own victimization...
...problems of the sixties exceeded the ability of the traditional "internal governance" method to deal with them. With the advent of these problems, two groups intiated a new pattern of activism. One group--made up of the post-war generation that has assimilated into the American mainstream--attempted to tap outside governmental resources for aid. They initiated a number of programs in adult education, health services, and social services. Well-educated, this group was able to work effectively and was able to articulate the needs of the community well enough to obtain some financial support. Another group of younger people...
PHILADELPHIA--The Palestra in Philadelphia is a Mecca for basketball enthusiasts, and the ancient snakepit seems to inspire the Harvard basketball team, only to snatch success away in the waning moments of a game. On Saturday night the pattern was repeated as Harvard lost to Penn, 55-53, in the last second of play...
...medieval dungeons as the precinct house. The movie, coarse and hammer hard, follows the cops as they bust up an underworld kidnaping ring and avenge the death of a squad member. Director Philip d'Antoni, who produced Bullitt and The French Connection, has cut The Seven-Ups to pattern. The chase scene measures up just fine against its predecessors, and may go them a little better in the department of spleen-shattering spectacle. But perhaps there did not have to be one in the first place. Similarly, a better locale might have been selected for the final shootout...
...female, nonwhite and teen-age would-be workers, many poorly educated and unskilled, into the labor force. These people have trouble finding jobs even in a boom economy; the best way to help them may be by expanding job training programs and making structural changes in the employment pattern...