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...sold to a cable system, which airs the 125-minute version, and then to a commercial network, which gives the film a new title (The Umpire Strikes Out). To fit a two-hour prime-time slot, the network cuts it to 97 minutes. Later, another network restores much of the footage, including half an hour of outtakes, minus the locker-room sex scene. Finally, 16mm prints are rented to film societies and revival houses, but in a TV-shaped format and with yet another title: La Cage aux Fouls...
James L. Sullivan is the current occupant of the $50,000-a-year post; a tough but friendly bargainer, Sullivan is solidly entrenched in the manager's slot...
...omens are promising for next year. The Crimson will boast its most experienced defense in years; Brian Buckely and Ron Cuccia will return from probational exile to battle for the quarterblack slot. But it will be a tall order to top the exaultation...
...John Anderson's decision to run as an independent, and you think it is good for the country." Much of the success of Reagan's candidacy will hinge on his choice of a vice-presidential running mate. The Yankelovich survey reveals that the first choice for that slot is George Bush. He is favored by 38% of all voters, while Tennessee Senator Howard Baker runs second, with 24%. Bush leads among all groups, Democrats, Republicans and Independents, and in all regions of the country, including the South...
...office; the next second he is in-and then out again. Disraeli is dizzying indeed. The confusion has been added to by the show's American editors, who have cut approximately half an hour from the four episodes to fit PBS's absurdly rigid time slot. Love for Lydia, which was also on Masterpiece Theater, took twelve episodes -and threatened to stretch on through infinity. Disraeli takes only four. The viewer feels cheated and wants more, much more. - Gerald Clarke