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...uncle of the disqualified Soap Box Derby winner who admitted suggesting an illegal device [Sept. 10] seemed to be operating under a set of ethical principles known as the Watergate Rationale: 1) Winning is all that counts: 2) If we had not been caught there would have been nothing wrong: 3) The competition was probably doing the same thing so this was just a case of getting an even break: 4) But now that we have been caught, we realize that we made a mistake: 5) Please believe that our previous victories were won honestly...
From Here to Eternity. This academy award winner is cheap stuff as romantic narrative, but the acting and the characterization make it worth watching. It's a subdued 1940's version of Easy Rider (the lonely outcast line et. al.). Montgomery Cliff is superb, and one could almost learn to like Frank Sinatra from this flick. By the way, this is the role that Sinatra got due to mob pressure when his career was at its low point. Midnight on Channel...
SATURDAY: Speaking Freely. Those of you who think t.v. is not strictly for escapists, illiterates, bored pseudo-literates, or lonely people, should watch this show. Heinrich Boll, the 1972 Nobel Prize winner for literature, opens up on a variety of subjects, including war, the victimization of the weak, and dehumanization in a materialistic society. Heavy stuff, true, but it might get you ready for Monday (then again, it may convince you to drop out). 6:00 on Channel...
Died. John Ford, 78, director of more than 100 films and winner of four Oscars (see SHOW BUSINESS...
...Radcliffe and the Czechs agreed to race on their own, unofficially at least, to settle things. Radcliffe again jumped to a quick lead, and at 500 meters had a length margin. At that point the Czech team quit, and Radcliffe paddled home the rest of the way, an easy winner...