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...time the two start their new affair, Marianne's own string of affairs as a single and then as a remarried woman has dried out her tears, and this more confident Marianne at the end of the film is convincing enough in terms of the emotion. Liv Ullman, playing Marianne, makes those little smiles tell; by the end her eyes proclaim her self-respect. But, despite what she thinks, her sensibility is little changed. Her marriage by the conventions didn't work, and her new life is new convention based on socially certified licentiousness. Formed from the same society that...
...first leaves Marianne the passions are too strong for what's happening. The screenplay seems just good enough to make small, slippery claims on the audience's emotion; of course, it does much more. Partly, this happens because of the unusual rapport between Bergman and his actors, particularly Liv Ullman. It seems as if her emotions would be moving even if grounded in nothing at all. Sven Nykvist's photography, that normally adds so much to the metaphysical quality of Bergman's moods, is simplified in this film for the small TV screen. The TV close-ups bring the film...
...celebrated blowup with the "Argentine Firecracker" by comfortably winning reelection, Mills' grip on his committee has been seriously slipping. There is talk within the Democratic caucus of clipping the committee's jurisdiction or even easing Mills out as chairman. Next in line is Oregon's Al Ullman, a hard-working liberal, popular with his colleagues. Also likely to assume heavy responsibilities in the next House is New Jersey's Peter Rodino, whose performance as chairman of the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings contributed to his lopsided reelection...
...Firecracker." Now that the firecracker has exploded in Mills' face, he just might lose his seat in Congress and along with it the chairmanship of what is widely regarded as one of the two or three most powerful House committees; his successor as chairman would be Liberal Democrat Al Ullman of Oregon. (See 10 things to do in Washington...
...surprised at the degree to which the Russians were willing to jeopardize their relationship with the U.S. in exchange for immediate gains in the Middle East," says Richard Ullman, Princeton professor of international affairs and director of studies for the Council on Foreign Relations. "On the other hand, you could say the same thing about the U.S. when it responded to a North Vietnamese offensive by massively bombing Hanoi and Haiphong (as well as mining Haiphong harbor) at just the time Nixon was going to Moscow...