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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Angelo of Philip Kerr, who was graduated from Harvard a decade ago and who shone so splendidly in the Roman plays here last summer, is the most memorable feature of this Measure for Measure. Kerr is visually arresting--garbed in black, craggy of mien, and as completely bald as Sibelius. He provides a remarkable portrait of a strict-constructionist (who loves to carry a lawbook in his hand), of a principled man rather surprised at his own slide into treachery. In view of the play's "happy" ending. Kerr quite rightly makes Angelo not an arch-villain but a probably...
...Repulsion, the finest horror-thriller ever made. Roman Polanski directed the lovely and crazed Catherine Deneuve in this gruesome tale of obsession, insanity, and brutality. Although the action will probably be cut badly for television, watch it in a dark room by yourself, and maybe you can get some of the spine chills. A brilliant film visually and dramatically, a must. Channel...
...Bravo for the National Council of Churches, which asked the Catholic hierarchy: "If Roman Catholics are not exerting themselves any more sacrificially than $30 or $40 per year per capita to keep their schools going, why should the rest of society make up the difference...
...Pronounced "Eye Corps." The U.S. military command divided South Viet Nam into four military regions, which were designated by Roman numerals. In G.I. jargon, the I came to be pronounced as the ninth letter of the alphabet...
...Never think of leaving perfume or wine to your heir," advised the Roman epigrammatist Martial. "Administer these to yourself, and let him have the money." The flaw in Martial's dictum, if applied today, is that anyone who enjoys the better known wines, particularly French imports, is unlikely to have much cash left for himself or his survivors. Prices have spiraled upwards cruelly and there is no end in sight...