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...Says Evans: "He knew the way these men in The Godfather ate their food, kissed each other, talked. He knew the grit." Coppola, deeply in debt, could have used an offer to direct traffic, let alone a movie like The Godfather. He jumped at the chance, and over some strenuous front-office opposition...
...Jargon. The text of the communique will doubtless be endlessly dissected in the days and weeks to come. Inevitably, and perhaps unjustly, strenuous efforts will be made to score it like a Ping Pong match, in a determined attempt to assert who came out ahead. Some will find the U.S. acceptance of the jargon of the Bandung Conference on peaceful coexistence distasteful. On the other hand. China assented to the proposition that "seeking hegemony in the Asian-Pacific region" is conduct unbecoming a well-behaved neighbor, a precept several of its neighbors would dearly love to see put into practice...
...freezing wind whistled through the wooded area near Zurich last week. Thick snow covered the ground. Despite the weather, a few dozen hardy Swiss persisted in their strange activity. While jogging one after another, they suddenly stopped, did a series of strenuous push-ups-or energetic deep knee bends or vigorous hops into the air -and then resumed jogging...
...only good news is Michael Caine, who is fast, wry and totally engaging as the rebel Breck. Despite a tendency to get a little out of breath in the strenuous scenes, Caine might even make a worthy successor to Errol Flynn...
Four years and nine months ago, after strenuous efforts by the Kennedy Administration to get him jailed, Teamster Boss James Hoffa walked through the gates of the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa., to start serving a 13-year sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud. Last week Jimmy Hoffa walked out, his sentence commuted by order of President Nixon. The Justice Department announcement noted that Hoffa had been a well-behaved prisoner and indicated that Nixon had acted largely for humanitarian reasons: Hoffa's wife Josephine is recovering from a heart attack...