Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Going To Be Strangers, by Larry McMurtry. For her work as a book-award juror, Duffy read nearly 50 novels during the past six months. For her job as a reviewer, she usually skims dozens of volumes each week before she, Editor Timothy Foote and Reviewer R.Z. Sheppard pick which books will be reviewed. Then comes the close, serious reading necessary for writing perceptive and usually amusing notices...
...wish I could pick Detroit first, but barring a miracle they don't have what it takes to beat the Birds, at least this year. The Tigers have strong pitching, led by '68 World Series hero Mickey Lolich. He finally came into his own last year, leading the league in wins (25), most innings pitched (376) and strikeouts (303). They also have 20-game winner, Joe Coleman...
Milwaukee, home of the Brewsox,--oops I mean the Brewers--won't profit by witching divisions. The bunch they got from Boston--George Scott, Billy Conigliaro, Jim Lonborg, et al, will help, but he Brewers are still an-expansion club. The only reason I pick them fifth is because Cleveland is so woefully bad that the Brewers can probably safely donate last place to the Indians...
This year's nominations were altogether perverse. Although legends of ballot-stuffing are legion, usually the good ladies and gentlemen of the Academy pick the films they feel are good for the industry image. How anyone could back an out-and-out stinker like Nicholas and Alexandra while there were greater moneymakers of far greater quality in the offing--Sunday. Bloody Sunday, McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Little Murders. Straw Dogs--is beyond the understanding of rational man. (Especially as Nick and Alex was produced independently...
Once the nominations were set, the winners followed fairly logically. A bunch of sentimental favorites like Ben Johnson, Gene Hackman (always pick the Hollywood veteran over a qualified candidate without the homegrown background). Sops for such costly items as negligible as Bedknobs and Broom-sticks. And the final award tally divided between what Hollywood thinks of as Art--The Last Picture Show--and what it makes better, enjoys more, and thrives on financially--The French Connection...