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Comedy relief is supplied by a wilderness fantasy in which big brown bears chase chickens, steal honey and drive off in tractors. As ever, Cinerama achieves its surest effects in direct relation to its forward velocity, now hurtling along a snowy course with a fleet of troikas pulled by frenzied horses, now navigating with loggers on the turbulent Tisza River. The viewer may not feel that he has been through Russia, but he will almost certainly feel that Russia has been through...
...Philly Dog, now bounding in from Philadelphia, is happy-go-lucky. It can be recognized, says Hy Lit, by its characteristic crouch, "sort of a break in the knees, like a guy on first base waiting to steal second." Dancers are also expected to clench their hands like paws and grapple with an invisible necktie, then place their hands behind the back in the "duck" position (palms outward). The dance, says one Philadelphia record promoter, evolved out of a "vulgar and risque" tail-wagging Kentucky dance called the Dog, which was banned in several cities. Says he: "The kids...
With six seconds left in the game, Havlicek, the hero of last year's playoffs, attempted his speciality, a steal of the pass-in-bounds. He fouled Robertson, for whom the pass was intended in the back-court, and the "the Big O" sank two foul shots to clinch the upset...
When thieves in Atlanta climb telephone poles to steal $5,000 worth of copper wire and when the government of Yugoslavia decides to reopen a copper mine that has been idle since the Middle Ages, it is a pretty good indication that there is a worldwide shortage of the metal. It was in recognition of that shortage that the U.S. Department of Commerce, trying to make sure that sufficient copper is available for Viet Nam needs, this month began requiring domestic producers to set aside 10%, instead of 7%, of their monthly production for the use of defense contractors. Warning...
Would the honor system work in the supermarkets of other nations? Perhaps. But some marketmen are dubious. Says French Supermarketeer Francois Mathey: "If we tried that in France, they would steal us blind. It's not so much that the French are less honest than the Swiss, but the mentality is so different...