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...brings the slugabed books and periodicals to force him to take an interest in the world. Stoltz even finds a woman who falls in love with Oblomov-and why not? He's so much sweeter and gentler than his tirelessly activist friend; and, as seen in the permanently puzzled eyes of Oleg Tabakov, Oblomov's ennui has a strange integrity. In his way, Tabakov is as mysteriously compelling as Garbo...
...Olivier (who really must stop play ing Jews and Nazis) as his father, the movie plods along earnestly, endlessly - schmaltz in three-quarter time. Yet in its elephantine way, The Jazz Singer may attract much of the Rocky crowd, and for the same reasons. It recalls simpler days and sweeter movies; it does not condescend to its audience; it is neither angry nor esoteric. For many, this kind of movie has a certain restorative appeal. Others may find the experience like eating your mother's chicken soup when you're not sick. -By Richard Corliss
...Elis copped their second straight undisputed Ivy crown, but this one proved eminently sweeter than last season's, when the Bulldogs had to endure the horror of losing to a then-lowly Crimson assemblage, 22-7, in the Bowl...
...surprised even the most optimistic Republicans. They had counted on a gain of maybe four or five seats in the Senate. They ended up with an eleven and possibly twelve-enough to give them control of the chamber for the first time since 1954. And victory was all the sweeter since the election toppled most of the Senate's leading Democratic liberals: George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho, Birch Bayh in Indiana, John Culver in Iowa, Warren Magnuson in Washington, Gaylord Nelson in Wisconsin, and John Durkin in New Hampshire. Only a few liberals managed...
...Tiger coach who predicted a one-two Princeton finish, and the Eli coach who figuared on at least two of the top four finishers wearing blue, there were some bitter words to swallow. For Harvard there was only the sweet taste of victory, all the sweeter because it was unexpected...