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...theory is not too far from the mark, but it elicits furious denials from Steiger, who keeps taunting his pursuer by phone, hanging up before the calls can be traced. Meanwhile, victim after victim is fingered by the Manhattan strangler, who blithely pops into new personae as easily as most men change ties. His disguises range from the Irish priest to a German plumber to a homosexual hairdresser. He even plays a prostitute in drag and throws in an imitation of W. C. Fields on the brink of madness. But the killer's ego is even more monumental than...
...last week in the second half of the giant slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland, Killy roared out of the start and flashed down the 1,800-meter course, carving and skating through the 60 gates to finish in 1 min. 34.1 sec., a good 1.5 sec. ahead of his closest pursuer and enough to give him his first major win of the year. KILLY'S REVENGE headlined the papers. "I went all out," admitted Jean-Claude. "I wanted to show that I was better than ever...
...Scala's Claudio Abbado, 34, is a stern, urgent pursuer of the long musical line, a Toscanini-like stickler for both fine-mesh detail and overall coherence. Imperious and intensely concentrated, he spurs an orchestra on with a clean, incisive beat, often achieving a surging pulse and crackling inner tension. He excels with the original texts of operas, giving them what one critic calls an "electric-shock treatment...
...cooperation of Severn Darden as a friendly Russian spy with an Oedipal problem, and Walter Burke as the uptight head of the FBR who exhorts his faceless men (all under 5 ft.): "Kill him . . . the nation expects it ... think of your mothers." Coburn's most dangerous and ingenious pursuer, though, turns out to be an automated phone company and-the film's best real-life touch-it seems to be winning...
...South Carolina's Ned Jarrett: the accident-plagued Southern 500 stockcar race, averaging 115.8 m.p.h. in his 1965 Ford despite an overheated engine; at Darlington, S.C. Breakdowns eliminated all the other big-name competitors, and Jarrett coasted home eleven laps ahead of his closest pursuer...