Word: pollard
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...public was treated to another confusing round of the Great Nuclear Debate last week. Robert Pollard, a safety engineer with the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, resigned from his post, protesting that poorly designed safeguards at the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan, N.Y., made them "an accident waiting to happen." He was immediately challenged by Charles Luce, chairman of Consolidated Edison, which built the plants. Backed by company and some Government scientists, Luce pointed out that the plant had been operating for twelve years without harming the public. A catastrophic accident at Indian Point, he said, was as remote...
...other events, sophomores are expected to provide much of the scoring punch for the Big Green. Mark Stebbins, a freestyle sprinter, backstroker Kim Windreth, and breaststroke specialists Paul Cane and Dave Magnus all enjoyed outstanding freshman seasons. Tim Hable in freestyle and Ted Pollard in breaststroke are this year's top freshman prospects...
This year the omens were bad even before the race began. Driver Art Pollard was killed on May 12 during the elimination trials. On race day, a threatening sky did not reduce the throng that turned out to see wonders like Linda Vaughn, a busty blonde in gold lame, parade on behalf of a transmission manufacturer. The racing cars were billboards on wheels, plastered with ads for everything from beer to motor homes...
Since Michael J. Pollard (most familiar for his slow-witted C.W. Moss in Bonnie and Clyde) holds down the title role, this movie is, alas, a Pollard vehicle. In fact, Pollard is physically right for the part, although with his bulbous cheeks and cretinous eyes, he looks a bit like Dopey. However, he acts more like all the Seven Dwarfs-simultaneously. Instead of directing him, Dragoti indulges him. Pollard either mopes or mugs in every scene, and cruelly prolongs every line of dialogue that he cannot swallow entirely. There are some good secondary performances, though: by Charles Aidman...
...Craig Stone, 9-1, and Dave Scanlon, back from a knee injury at 190 pounds, crushed Doug Maser, 7-3. Heavyweight Tom Tripp was excellent as he brought the Crimson from a one-point deficit to its sweetest win of the season as he outmuscled the Chiefs' Russ Pollard...