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...version. But such bad-mouthing has an unfair ring; if the director had retained the heavy-handed horse symbolism of the stage version, the critics' court probably would have found Lumet guilty of emulation when his duty called for an imaginative adaptation. Acknowledging his obligation to present a different slant, Lumet has stripped the story of its dependence on icon-like imagery and lent the narrative a stamp of realism that is quite appropriate to the special demands of cinema. With considerable assistance from the shining performances of Richard Burton--his finest in recent memory--and the promising Peter Firth...
With one stage for every ten musicians in town, Austin has blossomed into a performer's paradise. Hangar-size halls like the Armadillo World Headquarters and slant-floored beer emporiums like the Split Rail give steady work to such country-rock artists as Marsha Ball, Joe Ely and 400 of their fellow singers, songwriters and pickers. Because of Austin's relatively low cost of living, musicians can work cheaply. "And if they're down on their luck," says a local writer, "they can score a dope deal to hold them over...
...Amoco to keep that American company from working in the Gulf of Suez just off El Tur. Then in December, Israel set up its own costly offshore drilling rig, manned mainly by American roughnecks. Two weeks ago the Israelis began sinking another hole on the shore at El Tur, slant-drilling into the waters whose ownership it disputes...
...Redskins-obsessed Washington, Georgetown University Hospital installed television sets in the labor rooms of the maternity floor. Before that inspired move, fathers-to-be delayed bringing their wives to the hospital until the game had ended. How long between contractions? One slant off-tackle, an end-around, two passes and a penalty. When the Kansas City Chiefs played in the 1970 Super Bowl, the home-town police had one-quarter the usual number of Sunday-morning calls and just one crime, a burglary; they waited until half-time to question the suspect. The Kansas City Power and Light Co. turned...
Eight plays later, after a few unprofitable forays from inside the Harvard 20, Michalko picked up Farnham alone in the endzone for the touchdown on a slant pattern. Crimson captain Bill Emper, in charge of the Farnham coverage on the play, complained to deaf ears of offensive interference on the play. Harvard 7, Brown (missed extra point...