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...second place in the bicycle race. Having placed second in golf and taken top honors in tennis, bowling and swimming, Rote, 23, piled up more points than his older and more famous competitors. During the soccer season he had earned about $1,500 playing center forward for the Dallas Tornado. As a superstar champ, he collected $53,400. As a divinity student who aspires to the Episcopal ministry, he was nonplussed by the sudden lucre ("I feel almost embarrassed by winning"). He announced that he would give some of his winnings to charity and went even further in an attempt...
...film from Czechoslovakia, made by Oldrich Lipsky, is a parody of an American western. Filmmakers of all countries seem to go through a period where they have to imitate old films. This one not only has a character named Lemonade Joe, but also offers Winifred Goodman, Horace Badman, and Tornado...
...Nixon-Agnew meeting added velocity to the tornado of speculation, rumor, charge and countercharge sweeping through Washington. With a federal grand jury in Baltimore poised to hear evidence against Agnew of bribes, extortion and kickbacks dating from his days as a Maryland official, with almost daily fresh revelations of perhaps not illegal but certainly improper gifts of cash, goods and services to Agnew, the crisis seemed close to some kind of explosive resolution. One version had it that Agnew was about to resign and fight his case as a private citizen, another that Nixon was twisting the screws to persuade...
...first unit started the vacation tour with a 6-3 victory at the Country Club of Virginia. They continued on their way south through a tornado and driving rainstorm but the weather turned clear for matches with 16th-ranked Clemson and 8th-ranked Georgia...
Always an adept actor, Caine is splendid here. His King, quintessentially seedy, strikes just the proper balance between calculated mediocrity and droll detachment. As Gilbert, Mickey Rooney is equal parts Robinson, Cagney and miniature tornado. It is a broad performance, but Hodges draws firm boundaries for it, which Rooney straddles occasionally but never oversteps. The performance, like the movie itself, deserves to become some crazy kind of minor classic...