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...PAWNBROKER. Recalling the terrors of Nazi death camps amid the squalor of Spanish Harlem, Rod Steiger, in the title role, gives one of the year's grimmest movies the extra impact of a powerful performance...
...PAWNBROKER. Recalling the terrors of the Nazi death camps amid the squalor of Spanish Harlem, Rod Steiger, in the title role, makes one of the year's grimmest movies something...
...first lesson Rod ("Rocket") Laver had to learn when he quit amateur tennis and turned pro in 1963 was respect for his elders. The cocky, carrot-topped Aussie lefthander, then 24, was far from awed by the likes of Pancho Gonzales and Ken Rosewall. After all, he was the first player since Don Budge in 1938 to achieve a grand slam of tennis' four top tournaments-the Australian, French, Wimbledon and U.S. championships. Experts marveled at his vicious ground strokes and slashing serve, his unique ability to cock his wrist at the last instant to put topspin or underspin...
...Better than Budge," said famed Coach Mercer Beasley-and who was Rod to argue when he was guaranteed $110,000 to play with the pros? "If you really want the satisfaction of knowing how good you can be," Laver explained, "you've got to pit yourself against guys like Rosewall and Gonzales. My ambition is to become No. 1-and stay there as long as possible...
...surprise, Laver found himself Number Zero: he lost 19 of his first 21 pro matches. No. 1 from 1961 to 1964 was Ken Rosewall. Laver had to modify his game-serve deeper and harder, cut down his backswing on volleys. "In the pros," says Rod, "you can't play a bad game. Amateurs are concerned only with winning the match. With the pros, it's how many points you win by. They determine how you're seeded for the next tournament...