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...Russell most is turmoil, and where there are not sufficient amounts available in his subject's life, he will supply his own. So in Mahler the composer (Robert Powell) imagines himself in the midst of a pop fantasy involving Cosima Wagner, Nazis, Crosses, Jewish stars and a crimson seesaw; this is Russell's representation of Mahler's conversion from Judaism to Catholicism. The scene-like much of the movie-means to be shocking but succeeds only in being a little naughty. Mahler is overripe, hyperbolic, hysterical, without any of the wit of last year's Tommy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hardly Classical | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

...first-year squash squad completed an undefeated season, coming out on top of a seesaw, down-to-the-wire match, 5-4. The seat squirming was not over until John Ordway disposed of Yale's Russ Endo with two sudden-death wins and a 15-12 clincher...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Freshman Sports | 3/2/1976 | See Source »

...Crimson could only manage one victory, by Dick Arnos, in the next four matches. And when Bob Plotz recovered from a 2-0 deficit against Harvard number one player George Bell to give the Elis a 4-3 lead, Harvard was at the low end of the seesaw...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Freshman Sports | 3/2/1976 | See Source »

Next, senior George Baker (142 lbs.) won a seesaw contest, 13-7, and Harvard led in the match...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Demolish MIT, 26-11; Engineers Never in the Match | 2/25/1976 | See Source »

...scoring came fast and furious in the seesaw first period. Harvard outshot the Tritons, 15-7, in the initial 20 minutes, but Mass Bay made better use of its opportunities to forge a 3-3 tie by the intermission...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Yardling Skaters Plaster Tritons, 10-5, Rally From 5-3 Second Period Deficit | 2/24/1976 | See Source »

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