Word: tracee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since Arthur Koestler writes that most American and European Jews trace their origins to the non-Semitic Khazars [Aug. 23], whom should the anti-Semites hate now? The Arabs...
...back in business, run by the sinisterly avuncular Arthur Hill. Everything seems to be humming smoothly, but there is more than a hint that Hill is using the place for his own dastardly purposes. Two ace journalists-an irreverent newspaperman (Peter Fonda) and an anxious, abrasive broadcaster (Blythe Danner) -trace down the truth to the very bowels of Delos itself. Futureworld is daffy and easy to take, with a relaxed, ingratiating performance by Fonda and a very witty, rambunctious one by Ms. Danner, who is altogether one of the niftiest actresses around. Resemblances between Ms. Danner's deft caricature...
Antic, frantic, mechanical but amusing anyhow, The Ritz is of particular interest because it is the first major movie about homosexuality that does not give a thought to redeeming social value. There is not a trace of seriousness in The Ritz. In both the traditional and contemporary meanings of the word, it is a gay movie...
This time out, Koestler offers what he clearly intends to be an astounding fact-that the majority of the world's 14 million Jews are not Semites. Most European and American Jews, he advises, should not trace their origins to the tents of Jacob but rather to the yurts of 7th century Caucasian nomads known as Khazars. With their fair skin, reddish hair and blue eyes, the Khazars were not what is usually regarded as Semites. They spoke a kind of old Turkish, but their origins remain hidden...
...gymnastic coaches at a special sports lycée in her home town. They had spotted her frolicking in a kindergarten playground and been impressed by her lack of fear. She was six years old. "At first it was like a game," said Nadia last week, showing no trace of nostalgia for those presumably more carefree days. "But by the age of eight," Coach Károlyi noted, "the students must be serious about gymnastics." Asked if Comaneci was exceptional then, he answers: "Many were. The important thing is that she is exceptional...