Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Globe Editor Winship supplies a Boston view of the two: "It's a little unfair to compare them. They seem to have a different mission. Harper's is very lively and au courant. It's even going a bit kinky. The Atlantic still retains its heritage of civility, literary writing and careful reporting." Adds Ward Just, who has written for both magazines: "Manning hasn't sacrificed durable quality for the passions of the moment. He is not afraid to be dull at times...
Since the rest of the book is also about orgasm or leading up to it, it would be unfair to say that these two chapters comprise her entire discussion of sexuality. Garrity puts forth a step-by-step plan to become a Sensuous Woman...
...movie is nearly flawlessly executed, and its emphasis on story and detail makes it much more textured, far more moving, than a film like Five Easy Pieces. Perhaps a comparison of the two movies is unfair; Rafelson is just beginning his career, Bunuel is ending it with years of fully sustained excellence. But because both men are dealing, in the end, with the same kinds of problems-Is a person defined by himself or by his intimates? Is there such a thing as redemption through passion? Does geography have a personality-vindictive, liberating, or purely evil?-it seems appropriate...
...quote Gould's friend Bob Kaufman on Gould's changeable attitude (or gradual disenchantment) toward directors, ending with a disparaging comment about Mervyn Le Roy. I am sure Kaufman did not intend to be unkind or unfair, but it is hard to accept such disparagement of a man whose credits include I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, Random Harvest, Waterloo Bridge and the production of Wizard of Oz-and whose finest credit is that he is one of the gentlest, most civilized human beings around...
...know what schools their children will be attending, and there are last-minute plans involving long bus rides or predominantly black classrooms that could "radicalize"' whites. There is also a mood of increased militancy among young blacks, who are less likely than before to accept meekly any unfair treatment in their newly desegregated schools...