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Savoring the suspense, Felici drew out the announcement and the syllables of the name. "Ca-ro-lum ..." Some priests gasped. They thought he meant Carlo Confalonieri, 85-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals. "They've gone crazy!" cried one of the priests...
...match, but in practice they don't give off many sparks. Matthau's performance is a less vibrant version of the character he played in Pete 'n' Tillie; he gets his laughs, but he doesn't command the screen. Jackson, though handed an opportunity ro run away with the film, merely tries to charm the audience to death...
Page never really got into the match. In the first game, he made an uncharacteristic number of unforced errors ro give Desaulniers the momentum. After that, Desaulniers took control so well that Page never had a chance to show his stuff...
...origins to the bagatelle board mentioned in Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Abe Lincoln was big on bagatelle. The sheiks of Araby are clamoring for the new machines, doubtless to keep their kids out of the casinos; King Hussein of Jordan ordered three Ballys: Wizard, Bow and Arrow, and Ro Go. Pinmania has been exploding throughout Europe, notably in France, Italy and Germany, where the game is ecumenically called Flipper. The passion has even pushed through the jungles of Malaysia, where the machine is battery-powered in unelectrified villages...
PERHAPS it is unfair ro review a single issue of the journal Daedalus in a collection of book reviews. A group of essays should not be treated on the same textual level as a novel or a work of non-fiction. But Daedalus, as its authors would have you believe, is no ordinary journal. In his preface to the fall 1976 edition, The Editor explains that the work is arranged thematically and integrated logically so as to provide the unity of a book-length treatise. Maybe it is that prefatory buildup which makes the 12 essays contained in this issue...