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...Lampoon made public yesterday its 25th annual series of Movie Worsts. "The tedious process of sorting nominations, holding special screenings, and making final selections is over," said George W. S. Trow '65, president of the humor magazine, "and we are pleased to announce the results...
...Hume Cronyn sees him, is a buffoon, who turns most of his scenes with Hamlet into slapstick comedy. Cronyn wrings from the part all the humor that is there and a good deal, I think, that is not. He is Polonius from Hamlet's point of view, a "tedious old fool," without a trace of the skilled counselor who had been invaluable to Denmark...
Nimble Fingers. Women perform best in jobs that require stoic patience, an eye for detail, and nimble fingers. Atlanta's Scripto Inc. employs women to put together its small pencils; the personnel chiefs at Burroughs Corp. believe that women can tolerate the tedious routine jobs that would drive men up the walls. The monotonous, repetitive jobs in the textile and garment plants are held almost wholly by women, and one-third of the nation's electronics gear is wired and assembled by them...
...eighth year Vera marries Gideon, who never appears; and Jack and Leo go off on a camping trip in the Vermont Hills to forget her. They find themselves unable to forget, however, and spend their time (and the audience's) recalling the courtship in a series of tedious, confusing, and meaningless flashbacks...
...Seaway's troubles stem from a combination of engineering shortcomings and poor financial planning. For one thing, the Seaway is too shallow to accommodate large freighters. Most of its ports are ill-equipped to load and unload ships, and passage through the 15 sets of locks is tedious and slow; the average ship takes ten days to travel from Chicago to Montreal. Because the waterways freeze over for four months each winter, shippers cannot rely on year-round use. Finally, tolls make shipping by water almost as expensive as land transportation. The project's backers are now debating...