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...Rare Rebellion. Age was his enemy. He was 70 when he assumed power, is 78 now when surrendering it. "I know how old I am," he said last week. "I don't apologize for it." Nor does he apologize for anything else. Despite his years, he worked hard as Speaker, brokering for legislation, leaving the podium to engage in floor debate more than any of his predecessors. His life has been as lean and free of frivolity as his gaunt face. His only interests besides public business are his wife Harriet and his nephew Edward, who substituted...
...Organization, Townsend(l) 3. The Sensuous Woman, "J" (3) 4. Mary Queen of Scots, Fraser (5) 5. The New English Bible (6) 6. Human Sexual Inadequacy, Masters and Johnson 7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou (8) 8. Love and Will, May (4) 9. Points of Rebellion, Douglas (9) 10. Operation Overflight, Powers
Serious film makers are usually at odds with moneymen, and this year's emphasis on youthful rebellion served to deepen the difference. Warner Brothers' contribution to flackery was several hundred students bused in to organize a demonstration. In the middle of a group of spectators and tough French cops, a small group of students unfurled some innocuous banners and began to croon, "All we are asking is give peace a chance." Then the protesters launched into a version of "We Shall Overcome." The cops had heard that one before, and scented trouble. One of them began to advance...
Directed by Stuart Hagmann and written by Israel Horovitz, Strawberry Statement is based on James Kunen's informal memoirs of the Columbia University rebellion of 1968. "I want to reach Sam and Samantha in Aurora, Illinois," Hagmann says. "I want people to say, That's just like my kids.' " If Sam and Samantha say anything of the sort, it will be because their kids have taken up campus revolution for no more discernible reasons than sex and excitement. Despite endless minutes of sirens, screams, clubs and tear gas at the finale, Strawberry Statement only manages to make...
...Points of Rebellion, Douglas...