Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feels just terrible afterward. His guilt has to do in great part with his love for Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor), a staunch advocate of nonviolence who takes a dim view of Billy's temper even as she makes good use of his muscle. In Trial, as in its predecessor, the townies are always hassling Jean and her freedom school-a dewy combination of Summerhill and a dude ranch the citizens think is the vanguard of the Red Menace...
Austere Aspirations. It should be understood that the mood of Godfather II is quite different from that of its predecessor. This is a much colder film, with austere aspirations-not fully realized-to transcend its melodramatic origins and to become an authentic tragedy. The modern sections show what Michael (Al Pacino), as heir to his father's empire, must surrender in order to maintain his power and his ideal of a Mafia-style "family." The first film made clear that part of Michael knows better, but he cannot really change the stern conditioning of his upbringing...
...closely, Pioneer 11 will plunge deeper into the planet's intense radiation belts than did Pioneer 10, which passed 81,000 miles from the cloudtops last December. As a result, Pioneer 11 will be subjected to radiation perhaps ten times as powerful as that encountered by its predecessor, which escaped with only minor damage to its instruments. If Pioneer 11's electronic gear survives, it should produce a bonanza of data: 22 closeup color pictures of Jupiter, including the first of its polar regions; new studies of the planet's temperature, radiation levels and magnetic field...
...symbolizes what it symbolizes," Andrew W. Cordier, McGill's predecessor, who took office shortly after the 1968 strike and presided over the decision to move the gym, said yesterday. "I'm delighted that it's finished and that...
...unfortunate that they didn't get more for the land, but of course that's easy to say with hindsight," says Putnam. "I'm not being critical of my predecessor...