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...Consultant Michael Goldman: "Now that he is out of the closet, he could become even more effective." The prospects are less clear for Crane, the brother of Illinois Representative Philip Crane, who sought the 1980 G.O.P. presidential nomination. "This does not fit the image Dan Crane has tried to portray," says Danville Lawyer Tom Lindley. "This makes it less likely he'll run for re-election." On Saturday, Crane said he would not resign. His press secretary, William Mencarow, suggested the entire matter was no big deal. "If we required the resignation of all Congressmen who slept with young...
...form of creative control is to give everyone virtual free rein. An upcoming production of The Beauty and the Beast, for example, has been filmed by Director Roger Vadim in the surrealistic style of Jean Cocteau. Duvall encourages the actors to take chances, even allowing Carol Kane to portray a good fairy as an insecure and pixieish Valley Girl...
...other actresses particularly stand out and while McNamara as April and Belle Linda Halpern as Hoanne could not portray more divergent characters, each conveys idiosyncrasies with infinite charm. As the blond ditsy April McNamara reveals her beautiful sopraho in the duet "Barcelona" with Robert. And dark haired dark eyed Halpen as the cynical drunken Joanne displays a stunning voice in two numbers- "The Little Things," which mocks the supposed bliss of marriage and the solo, "The Ladies Who Lunch," which evinces a hearty disgust with pretense...
Your article "Los Angeles: America's Uneasy New Melting Pot" [June 13] seems to be concerned more with myth than with fact. Hispanics are not a sleeping giant, as the media like to portray us. We are intelligent, hard-working people who seek to advance through cooperation, not through intimidation. If we are indeed giants, it is in our will to succeed. We are giants in our humanity, giants in our love for our country and our commitment to the culture that binds...
...characters are broadly defined and the actors effectively portray the spontaneity marking their sexual intercourse. These relationships describe an unhealthy attitude toward sex which they think is not as fulfilling as anticipated. For example, in the case of the soldier and parlour maid, he virtually has to rape her after they meet at a cafe. The couple really has nothing to bind them except passion which becomes the common bond uniting all the scenes...