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...captions seem prematurely aged and irrelevant. This year three exceptions prove that rule. George Price's angular eccentrics have been celebrated for 45 years; his latest work, Browse at Your Own Risk (Simon & Schuster; 128 pages; $7.95), is aptly titled. The risk is seizures of mirth that render the reader helpless. Price's pen and punch line are, as always, off the wall: "My mother doesn't even bother to come to the games," complains one halfback as he watches an old lady buck the line. Explains a widow to friends: "He didn't really...
...they-will be judged by the public more on the final energy package than on anything else this year. He praised the House leaders for being "courageous" in their action, but said the Senate was moving "in a very costly direction." The current Senate legislation, he warned, would render impossible his commitment to a balanced budget...
...some blanks about Thomas' shaky finances, dig up the autopsy report that found Thomas' liver in reasonably good shape, even print unpublished verse of no particular distinction. In the end, the book seems too late with too little. But its main shortcoming is a failure to render the only Dylan Thomas that really matters-the maker of pagan word music that can still pass the A.E. Houseman power test by raising the hairs on the back of the listener's neck. - R.Z. Sheppard
...setting, the key characters, even the major prop were familiar. In Courtroom 2 of the federal Courts Building, where the first of the Watergate trials began more than four years ago, Judge John J. Sirica last week presided over the "last major decision I'll have to render in this long, difficult case." Having sentenced 17 Watergaters to prison terms, Sirica was ruling on petitions for leniency from the only ones who are still imprisoned-John Mitchell, H.R. (Bob) Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. At their trial, tape-recorded conversations in the Oval Office had sealed their convictions...
...persuaded that Lance had deceived them in their initial, and admittedly perfunctory, appraisal of his fitness for office. Not only did any such evidence appear to be shaky, but it was certain that the committee could not legally revoke its confirmation. Apparently, at the worst, the committee could render a critical evaluation of Lance's highflying banking practices and thereby strengthen the resignation demands. Ultimately, the decision on Lance's fate still remained with the President. If the unlikely result of the hearings is to exonerate Lance completely, Jimmy Carter could joyously return to his earlier...