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Thompson preaches on Sundays in the regular cassock of a high church minister, with one exception. On one side of his robe is a large embroidered peace symbol: the circle with the "chicken track" inside. For many years he has been using his Sunday sermons to preach strong antiwar messages. This, combined with his insistence on preaching involvement in other current social issues, has been an area of contention between him and some of his parishioners...
...matter of fact. In the ring, Ali slugged out a twelve-round victory over his sometime sparring partner, European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner. "He's going to be one of the greatest after I'm through," said Ali when the fight was over. Sporting a robe given him by Elvis Presley, he then hobnobbed with such fans as Diana Ross and Sammy Davis Jr. But it wasn't all fisticuffs and show biz. Ali was also promoting his new toy Oop-fli (a ring spun off two sticks and caught by an opponent's two sticks...
...play proper begins in Corinth where Jason-mean, unloving and ungrateful-has become engaged to Glauce, the daughter of King Kreon. In a fury of revenge, Medea arranges the death of Glauce and Kreon through the device of a poisoned robe. Suppressing all motherly instincts, she hacks to death the two children she has had by Jason...
...bishop of St. Paul's in full vestments, fighting off lepers and bagging for a new car. In the dream court room scene--Lenny's defense as he would like it--the rudge sits like a baby on the tall dais, giant gavel in hand and judicial robe falling like a black christening gown the length of the form. The church and courtroom farces are samples of the excitement Victor Budnick projects with his direction. Maintaining a rapid pace, Budnick sets one character group against another so that scenes expand and pop like a string of soap bubbles. The lighting...
...phony Rolls hood is attracting attention elsewhere: the executive offices of Rolls-Royce of America. "Our attitude," says a company spokesman, "is one of total contempt. The Rolls hood on a VW is like a giant's robe on the wizened body of a dwarf...