Word: screening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been mentally disturbed since he witnessed a close friend drown two years ago; they even sent him to a therapist ten days before the crime. The Zamoras will also testify Ronald was a confirmed TV addict who spent at least six hours a day staring at the screen; he refused to eat unless the television was on and sometimes sneaked out of bed to catch a late movie. His favorite shows: such cops-and-robbers series as Kojak, Baretta and Starsky and Hutch. According to Mrs. Zamora, Ronald is such a Kojak fan, "he even asked his father to shave...
...sleeve, puts her arm into a vinyl cuff, deposits 50? in the slot and pushes a button. On the console in front of her, the words light up, TESTING-REMAIN STILL. The vinyl cuff tightens noticeably around her arm. Moments later her blood pressure flashes on the screen...
...recognize the noises, the microprocessors not only instruct the machine when to pump up and deflate the cuff, but also determine the exact time for taking the two readings. If there are any disturbing outside sounds or arm movements, Vita-Stat's machine flashes three zeros on the screen and refunds the customer's money...
...order there with more of a kick than the food. And the culturally neuter might want to look into the undeservedly obscure Georgie's on Mass. Ave. near the Law School, which boasts terrific Bloody Marys and an even better bowling machine, not to mention a giant-screen color TV for Monday night football. If you can take the conversation, which often runs to torts, and the inexcusable lack of pizza on the menu, it's definitely worthwhile...
...Center Screen. Canadian film special, with Donald Brittain's Volcano Friday at 7:30 and 9:30; Bethune and Starblanket, Saturday at 7:30; Saul Alinsky Went to War and Never a Backward Step, Saturday at 9:30; Memorandum and Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen, Sunday at 7:30; and King of the Hill and The Players, Sunday at 9:30. All shows at Carpenter Center. (Call 253-7620 for ticket information...