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Stampeded in recent years by voracious freeloaders, the New York Film Critics decided to make their awards ceremony strictly a private affair. The bash at Sardi's was closed to reporters and all but a few pressagents and publicists. The critics did relent enough to let in the winners and their stand-ins, like John Gielgud, who collected the Best Actor's prize for Laurence Olivier (Sleuth). Liv Ullmann not only grabbed the prize as Best Actress (Cries and Whispers) but picked up three awards for her director Ingmar Bergman (Best Director, Screenplay and Picture awards for Cries...
...flown in from Baltimore after MacStiofáin was arrested, said he found the I.R.A. leader "shaking, on the point of death" from a heart seizure and crying deliriously, "I love Ireland, I belong to Ireland, God give us freedom!" McManus pleaded with MacStiofáin to relent. "If you die tonight," said the priest, "I am convinced there will be serious trouble in the South of Ireland." A moment later, MacStiofáin took a sip of water, then a Communion wafer and finally a cup of hot, sugared tea. If that was a victory for common sense...
Some observes thought Owens would relent when Aflorence Cheatham, a black, was designated Cambridge Superintendent of Schools. Apparently, Owens's wigh to humiliate the four other CCA endorsed councillors was deeper than racial bias...
There is speculation that if Cheatham manages to win the job of superintendent, then Owens will relent and vote for Peterson for City Manager. Perhaps the liberal majorities on both the City Council and the School Committee will work better together once they have agreed upon replacements for these two vitally important City positions, but until then the liberals' paralysis is exposed to the City...
Businessmen then would likely scream for relief, and Nixon and his advisers would face an awkward dilemma. If they ordered the Price Commission to relent, they would risk angering consumers, but if they let the commission go ahead, businessmen might cut back on expansion plans for fear of being caught in a profit squeeze, thus chilling the economy's recovery...