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Rosi is foremost a social critic, and I believe that modern bullfighting for him serves as one example of a malaise which he observes in present-day society. The thrust of his film is directed not against bullfighting per se, as evidenced by his highly sympathetic portrayal of an idealistic old matador, but against the kind of professionalism which Miguelin represents...
...British sewing-machine company that was seeking a factory site, the agent called on the Klements' neighbors. Yes, the lady there was interested in selling her property. The agent wondered if the people next door might also be interested. Unexpectedly, the woman jumped to the window and shouted, "Señora Klement, would you sell your house for a sewing-machine factory...
...Tiffin, who is the wife of a serious-minded journalist, was almost undone by her little nothing. She came as Kate in a strapless jeweled bra and one-shoulder toga slashed to the hip by Tiziani; by evening's end, all but one of the four metal anchors se curing the bra had cast loose their moorings...
Sharing the view that private possession of LSD should not be outlawed per se is, surprisingly, U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. James L. Goddard. In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Goddard figured that an LSD ban "would automatically place maybe 10% of college students in the category of criminals" and would drive users under ground, making it more difficult to find and treat those who suffer dangerously psychotic effects. Goddard argued that present federal laws are sufficient to control the commercial manufacture and sale of LSD-the only legal supplier of which at present is the National Institute...
...Third, some contend that the 2-S deferment serves the national interest not by protecting either education per se or those now receiving education but by providing a general social incentive toward education. Unlike the other objections, this one is totally without merit. If this compulsively ambitious society ever needed such an incentive, it no longer does. The fetishistic attachment to grades and degrees in this country long ago became a National Neurosis. The 2-S, and the newly-instituted exams, merely accelerate the tendency to equate education with a collection of glittering honors and badges. To foster this disease...