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...current slump--the batboys of the celluloid ballpark elected a new captain. His name was Irwin Allen and his product was the disaster movie. Only one of every 5000 people will ever experience an earthquake, fire, avalanche, sea wreck or airplane crash, Allen reasoned--why not give everybody the thrill of seeing (and feeling) it like it really...
Gordeyev is an immaculate classical dancer. When he leaps, he seems suspended in air, an illusion that never fails to thrill audiences. He is also fiery enough to fill up a role like Spartacus. Pavlova is soft and romantic next to his virility, more an ingénue than a dramatic performer. But she cuts the air with quicksilver leaps and pirouettes, and her precision and control, especially in adagio movements, can be breathtaking...
...GLORY, that trite "thrill of victory," is indeed rewarding. but in the Ivy League, and here at Harvard, the cost of such glory has risen dramatically; and, as seems fashionable these days, the price just keeps climbing. Unfortunately, the Harvard leadership has taken the same type of approach to athletics as Jimmy Carter has taken to the economy: a sort of wide-eyed, respectfully distressed puzzlement, one that lacks any true definition of action and invites an accompanying rampage of rising costs...
McGraw's silver screen appeal doesn't thrill the VISTA people, who wish she and reporters would stick to the issue--their promo campaign. Their prayers are answered when the van pulls off the highway in the South End and parks in front of a VISTA-run refuge for battered women. Tabankin is here to find out how well the VISTA program is working. McGraw is here to learn. As reporters look on, she speaks with the organizer of the home for a few minutes, and the first time she raises her voice above a whisper...
Last October, a certain thrill came with preparing for Seabrook--a new strategy, none of the lethargy and sameness of the marches and speeches, a chance to test oneself, a camping trip that maybe, just maybe, had a chance to win. But now, two weeks away from try number two, resignation replaces some of the tingle. Many who camped on Santasoucci's farm in the fall share the feeling--chances are, with all the grappling hooks and all the maps and walkie-talkies and gorp, demonstrators will never hold the reactor; if they do, it will most likely...