Word: punch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University of Pennsylvania Sociologist Erving Goffman, that hoary punch line is a legitimate scientific query. In fact, Goffman has been asking -and answering-just such questions for years. He believes that greetings and goodbyes, congratulations and condolences, along with the other little ceremonies of daily life, serve serious purposes: they grease the wheels of social intercourse and help each person to create an acceptable image of himself in the eye of his fellows...
...soft-spoken, understated performance that appears deceptively serene in its controlled use of nuance and shading. In contrast, Joel Grey's shtick has picked up an added touch of the grotesque along the way. There are moments when it loses some of its original spontaneity--Grey now reads his punch lines as if he is a Cassandra who Knows, but isn't telling--but the overall effect remains seductive and riveting...
...given a truly satisfactory performance in years. Still, asking him to go through a screen test was like asking the Pope to recite the catechism. But Brando was so eager for the part that, when he heard about the stipulation through the grapevine, he beat Paramount to the punch by suggesting a test himself. Coppola hauled a video-tape camera to the star's house and Brando, with a little shoe polish under the eyes and wads of tissue paper in his cheeks, trans formed himself undeniably into the Godfather...
...didn't really mind not getting to fight Ken again this year. For one thing we're both from Leverett, so it's good that way. Kenny's tough, he was a good straight punch. A straight punch jars...
Offensively, Harvard may be hurt by the injured foot of forward Bob Goodenow, who has broken out of a prolonged drought to give Tommy Paul's line some scoring punch. The third line has looked better since Jay Riley moved up to replace Lief Rosenberger, but, aside from an occasional splurge by Bobby Havern, the Riley-Reynolds-Havern trio is not scoring. The Local Line does not appear as tired as it did in late February, and it now looks like both Dave Hynes and Bob McManama have a shot at 60-point seasons...