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SUNDAY: Men Who Made the Movies. The debut of an eight-part series on the lives of famous directors looks at Rauol Walsh, who starred in D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" and directed such film classics as "High Sierra" and "White Heat." CH.2. 7:30 p.m. Color...
...early, ardent foe of Senator Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. By liberal standards, his voting record on labor and civil rights is flawless. Though he wrote the legislation permitting the Alaska pipeline, he is the only member of the Senate who has received the Sierra Club's John Muir award for his efforts on behalf of the environment. His own political conduct is punctilious; he does not indulge in inflammatory rhetoric or ad hominem attacks. "I hate emotion in anything," says Jackson, "even in religion. If you master the facts, then you can posture yourself...
...different world out there," says Jack, who enjoys the nearby swimming, rafting, bicycling, tennis and skiing. The development also employs a full-time ecologist who even put a stop to mosquito spraying because of the damage to plants. Says Jack: "This is a town the Sierra Club would be proud of." Cautions Liz: "But don't tell anybody. Sunriver is great just...
...actions of all of the characters are controlled by the omnicient Dr. Ma-Gico (Sierra Bandit), who calls each scene before it occurs, directs every action, no matter how perverse, and who even, in an ultimate expression of her power, controls the other actors with strings, driving them into a frenzy of jerky movements. Ma-Gico is the only character who is capable of moving freely throughout most of the play; the other characters either do as they are told or echo from the sidelines the actions and words of the principals of each scene, often creating extremely comic exchanges...
...Sierra Club does not oppose "progress and growth," in Alaska or anywhere else. We do oppose the construction of the Alaska pipeline on the grounds that alternative routes were not adequately studied, nor were sufficient studies done relating to possible hazards resulting from the trans-Alaska pipeline's construction...