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...paragraph and handed it in. The professor later apologized for losing blue book "Number One" and gave the student a B. Less ingenious but far more prevalent are those who sneak "crib sheets" into exam rooms, furtively copy from classmates' papers or even, thanks to technological advances, use pocket-size tape recorders with earphones to play back lecture notes or important formulas. Then there are the pre-med students who sabotage classmates' lab experiments and law students who check out scarce reading material from school libraries for the duration of a course...
Trouble is, all that is the script as seen by politicians, pollsters and pundits, and throughout this volatile spring, the American voter has been upsetting many an expert forecast. Skeptical, grousing and defiantly refusing to be shoved into anyone's political pocket, the voter is giving the pollsters an unusual drubbing. It is as if the voters are saying perversely: "O.K., wise guys, you think you've got me pegged? Well, you're wrong...
...worse the picture. Bergman and Buñuel are visionaries, wonderful artists and craftsmen. How many people in the world have ever seen one of their films or ever heard of them? How can you take movies seriously? You go on the set with the script in your back pocket. You take it out and read: 'Let's see ... in this one Brando plays an Indian who attacks the stagecoach.' O.K., let's roll 'em. Commercialized glop, not worth thinking about...
...contrast, the Olympic crew seem like wholly admirable free spirits - and the match is not a fair one. Joe Santo is a connoisseur of cut glass, an accomplished fiddle player and something of an out-of-pocket philosopher. "I don't believe in getting too comfortable," he tells Craig. "Stay hungry...
Uncle Albert may be daft-he carries a small pocket telescope to spy upon squirrels-but he is still concerned about his nephew Craig. Since the death of his parents, Craig (Jeff Bridges) has been living in the family home on a hill outside Birmingham, with only one black servant (Scatman Crothers) and a lot of pictures of himself for company. "It is time," Uncle Albert advises by letter, "to seek the comforts of your traditions." Craig's traditions are genteel Southern, wilted aristocratic, but they are small solace. What really compels Craig is what his deceased parents might...