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GREAT LINES still abound, of course. Anyone who could construct the following commentary on Proust obviously had not lost it all. "In Steinberg's judgement--and he buttresses it with a formidable array of interior evidence from the work--Proust's Madeleine was in reality a matzo ball, and the past unfolded itself to the Master as he sat hunched over a bowl of chicken soup in Flambaum's, the famous kosher restaurant in Paris..." And, almost invariably, the Perelman opening moves are as fine as always. For example, the beginning of "All Precincts Beware--Pater Tigress Loose...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Laughing Last but not Loudest | 11/18/1981 | See Source »

...directoring debut, David Steinberg avoids all the gimmicky devices a first-timer often employs and adds his own special stand-up-comic touch to many of the funny scenes. However, his successes on the comedy side barely compensate for his failure to turn the romantic spark between Reynolds and the new first lady Beverly D'Angelo into a flame. Even in comedy, the director at times stretches for just a little bit too much, for that extra, meaningless laugh...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Having My Baby | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

...doctor. Mike Kellin, however, in the most minor of minor parts, does provide a few laughs. In one of Peters' shining moments, Kellin plays a Manhattan tour captain who's got an ailment for every part of his body and a hospital in New York for every operation. Steinberg's influence is definitely felt here...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Having My Baby | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

...England Patriots player personnel director Dick Steinberg called Buckley one of the three "local guys we think can play in this league," With the annual draft next Tuesday and Wednesday, Harvard may see one of its own picked by the big league...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arm Wrestlers Prepare; Buckley Awaits Draft | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

...paintings and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in New York, Robert Rosenblum, professor of modern European art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, Jean Sutherland Boggs, director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Theodore Reff, professor of art history at Columbia University, and Leo Steinberg, professor of art at the University of Pennsylvania, will each discuss his original research on Picasso...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Fogg to Open Picasso Exhibit; Sketches to Highlight Display | 2/6/1981 | See Source »

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