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O'Horgan, who has directed Absurd plays before, says that "The 'absurd' style has always rested uneasily with the naturalism of film." His production has not made a very successful accomodation of the two. The banal absurdity of his comedy version of Rhinoceros is amusing, but forceless. Relying on traditional...

Author: By Marni Sandweiss, | Title: Pale Pachyderm | 2/7/1974 | See Source »

For a time it looked as if the dispute would be settled amicably. That hope rested in a compromise proposed by the powerful Trades Union Congress, which represents 10 million British workers. If the government would relax its Stage III anti-inflation guidelines for the miners, said the T.U.C., other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Headed Toward a Showdown | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

Porter, getting a chance to play while veteran Archie Clark rested a sore elbow, scored 15 of his 23 points in the third period of the nationally-televised game at Boston Garden.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3rd Period Comeback Enables Bullets to Defeat Celts, 112-99 | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

Trained Killers. The dogs that make or break an evening are a pampered group, brought up on a princely diet of beef, horsemeat and vitamin supplements. They run at speeds up to 45 m.p.h. Like major league pitchers, dogs are rested for at least four days between contests. During that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Night at the Dogs | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

Ngo Vinh Long has disagreed elsewhere with certain aspects of the Mus-FitzGerald analysis. Traditional Vietnam, he argued in a Ramparts review of FitzGerald's book, was not a stable, ordered moral universe. Vietnamese history is punctuated with peasant upheavals and popular resistance to foreign invasions, including to French landing...

Author: By Dan Swanson, | Title: They Left Their Plows Behind Them | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

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