Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Arlette (Anny Duperey), Stavisky's wife, is even thinner as a character; she is a walking, talking Vogue cover; a silent, cosmetically perfect femme fatale who faints at the proper time and ornaments Stavisky's life in the most necessary way. The center of sympathy in the film is Baron Raoul (Charles Boyer), an aristocrat whose purpose in life has been to dissipate a fabulous century-old fortune. "It was very satisfying," he says of this experience. He is old now, and penniless, with only his courtliness and wry smile left, but he defends his dead friend Stavisky before...
...season that saw Harvard soar to the heights of a perfect Ivy League season, attain the most wins ever by a Harvard team (23), and have a perfect Watson Rink record, only to be rudely disappointed in St. Louis, has finally come to a close...
Dark Mood. The movie does not state this message directly. Instead, it sifts through a succession of exquisitely made thrill sequences. Early on, the mood is farcical: Waldo loosening the wheels of a rival barnstormer so that he must crash-land in a pond; Waldo disastrously trying to perfect the crowd pleasing trick of transferring from moving car to low-flying plane by means of a suspended rope ladder...
Will bike riders opt for the safe bikeways if it means taking a longer route to their destinations? To find out, Leclerc is now setting up a test bicycle path alongside a heavily used downtown street. But he is already convinced that "a bike should become a second car -perfect for cities...
...Harvard varsity hockey team, which won its second Ivy League championship in a row by virtue of a perfect 12-0 league slate this season, dominated the All-Ivy choices as selected last week by the league coaches. Goaltender Brian Petrovek, defenseman Ed Rossi and forwards Randy Roth and Jim Thomas were all voted to the Ivy League All-Star first team. Defenseman Steve Janicek received a second team slot, while forward Jim McMahon won honorable mention...