Word: sweeting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BOOK OF LOVE. Introduction and commentaries by F. Unterkircher. Braziller. $15. During the waning of the Middle Ages, these illuminated manuscripts lighted lives. The medieval characters are allegorical: the Knight Cueur confronts the enemies of Love-Denial, Shame and Fear-in his search for the Lady Sweet Grace. He finds his lady-only to lose her again, and end his days in prayer and remembrance. The story, Cueur d'Amours Espris, was written in 1457; the gold-trimmed illustrations were executed a decade later-possibly by the King himself. An informative commentary precedes each folio, describing its place...
...three principals seem to realize their importance in maintaining the proper chemical balance. Liza Minnelli is better than she has ever been, sweet and raffish, while Burt Reynolds cuts up with infectious bemusement. Much of the heavy acting falls to Gene Hackman-just as it did to Spencer Tracy-and he performs with subdued authority. If the stars seem sometimes to be off on different courses, playing out their own roles instead of playing to each other, this is one of the hazards of all-star Hollywood entertainment...
...revivals are not only a play's test; they are a showcase for actors to strut their stuff. Sweet Bird has one terrific part: the frowsy monster of a princess...
...most notable fantasy to date, Lady Lyndon. Done up like a portrait by Gainsborough, Marisa seems the model of 18th century English womanhood, even to the torrents of tears Lady Lyndon sheds at her son's death. "I could do nothing else but cry, looking at that sweet boy-I am quite good at crying," says Marisa. "Once I start...
...machine called the Deltoid Pumpkin Seed, and the proliferation of that ultimate Saturday-night special, the cheap nuclear device. McPhee's The Levels of the Game is still the best book on tennis, in the same meticulous and quietly passionate way that makes A.J. Leibling's The Sweet Science the best book on boxing...