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Ulster Protestant politicians know this only too well and are rushing to woo the U.D.A. The love is not returned, however. The U.D.A. is a working-class movement and wants no truck with Unionist politicians who "let the Ulster people down." What the U.D.A. really fears is Ulster's being "sold out" to a united Ireland-and it swears it will fight that prospect to the death...
...pushed around." Consistent with their approval of the President's foreign policies, pro-Nixon panelists strongly oppose McGovern's proposal to reduce defense spending by $32 billion over three years. "In order to keep us a first-class nation," explains Harry Kaiser, a Flint, Mich., truck driver, "there's no way of cutting without affecting our status. Russia is already the No. 1 power...
Some New York dock workers are stealing themselves right out of jobs. Pilferage is so pervasive that not even the increasing use of sealed metal containers the size of 20-ft. truck trailers stops it. In the past two years, at least 26-and perhaps many more-huge containers have been stolen. Large stretches of the waterfront are poorly policed because jurisdiction is splintered among the bi-state Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Waterfront Commission and a host of other agencies. Much of the work falls to private police hired by the pier owners, but many...
...plant. The old tabloid format went down the drain, along with the daily full front-page photo of The Drama of Everyday Life (kids' cats stuck in trees with firemen on the way; the near rescue of a suicide victim; the wreckage of the car and truck that crashed head-on at 80 mph, miraculously killing only seven out of eight occupants). The front-page maze of banner headlines luring readers to inside pages gave way to a single full-column headline atop the new paper; there will be no more 60 pt. "Reds Repelled in Viet Rocket Attack" leading...
...that's Hill's big touch, and he otherwise relies squarely on Vonnegut. Vonnegut is no Heller--he can't truck with theory or the wide scope that precedes it. But he's touched upon the major fears of our century, and had us feel his despair. And by being true to Vonnegut, George Roy Hill has produced a moving (if cerebrally uninteresting) film, which has less pretension and more honesty to it than such an adaptation of a much worthier book as Mike Nichol's film of Catch...