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...prize in a bitter contest between Lila (Robyn Nevin) and Vanessa (Wendy Hughes) two of the four sisters who remain after the death of Sinden. PS's mother Lila and her working class husband George have been raising PS in a run-down area of Sydney for six years when glittery, pertained Vanessa arrives on a ship from England eager to sweep him up and make a proper English gentleman of him Lila and George cannot fight her because she is moneyed and can offer the child far more than they. The compromise they work out-that PS will live...
...opposing approaches to children becomes another central theme. For instance while George and Lila insist on referring to PS's mother as "Dear One." Vanessa tells PS to say "my mother." Some of the most important...and visually beautiful--scenes are shot in the wild and grassy cemetery where Sinden is buried Unwilling to explain the mystery and loss of death to the boy. Lila and George tell him Sinden is with the angels. Vanessa sets him straight...
BOSTON vs. PITTSBURGH: Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Next? If you have to miss any Bruin play-off games, this is your big opportunity. Penguins can surprise but won't, while Bruins have kicked the habit of chocking in opening rounds since their 1975 disaster against Chicago. Four Harry Sinden yawns...
...aborted his comeback attempt with the Black Hawks this season and ended his glorious career much too early for himself and for the 14,654 who stood and cheered and screamed for a long, loud time while his former teammates banged their sticks in appreciation. The top brass--Harry Sinden, general manager of the Bruins. Schmidt, whose #15 was retired in 1955, Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL from 1946 to 1977, John Ziegler, his successor, Alan "Eaglebird" Eagleson, head of the NHL Players Association, and Ed King, whose current title I have forced from memory--took a back seat...
...speedy skating and short passes to set up quick wrist shots. They shoot only when they have worked the puck into what seems like kissing distance from the opposition goalie. Against the Bruins, Central Army was outshot 40-19, but won 5-2. Says Boston Managing Director Harry Sinden: "The Soviets may be the greatest goal scorers we've ever seen. They hardly waste a shot...