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...coming of one spring to another, although the true time of all events seems to be rooted in Fellini's imagination. The look of clothes, the political talk and the movies people go to see fix the period in the middle to late 1930s, although a casual remark or reference can alter the time abruptly 20 years into the past or future. There are no fixed boundaries here, just as there is no firm central character. A young man called Titta appears frequently and serves as a kind of unifying autobiographical surrogate for the director. But Amarcord...
Though South Boston did not quite go to hell, Hager's remark underscored a dilemma for journalists. The agreement to play it cool was well intentioned. That most Boston newsmen cooperated in carrying it out doubtless helped authorities to maintain a degree of order in a potentially calamitous situation. But there is a danger in self-censorship. In its desire to avoid provocative excesses, the Boston press came perilously close to a kind of news management that can distort coverage just as surely as sensationalism. To dictate the tone of reportage even before the event occurs can create...
...chance remark came in answer to criticism of the Administration's restrictive economic policies during a minisummit on social services held at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Arguing against cuts in social services, Jerry Wurf, fiery president of the State, County and Municipal Employees Union, charged that Government policies aim to shunt most of the burden of fighting inflation on the poor. Replying that everyone is hurt by inflation, Greenspan said: "If you really wanted to examine, percentagewise, who is hurt most in their incomes, it is the Wall Street brokers...
...dried up commissions and devastated the brokerage business. Last year the number of registered representatives shrank from 40,000 to 36,000, and layoffs have accelerated gravely since then. Many salesmen are forced to take part-time jobs as bartenders, models and retail clerks. Yet understandably, Greenspan's remark touched sensitive nerves...
...first Harvard score should be met with a blah remark: "Nice play. But there's a lot of time left, you know." The first Crimson mistake demands a snide comment: "They stink. They always stink. Another losing season." The key is to deny your Harvard allegiances...