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Although probably sincere in his efforts, Allen throws the biggest monkey-wrench in the works by being funny. Look out for that scene in the restaurant when he says he got scolded because he bought retail. Same old Allen...

Author: By Alyson Dewitt, | Title: FILM | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...moralities of love and sex. Shades of evil like Lucifer, Satan or the Leviathan don't figure in this play, the concept takes on the simple form of the devil. God might as well go by the name of The Father, it's plenty descriptive and doesn't wrench a person outside the bounds of ordinary human experience. Mary, the Eternal Woman, is indeed typical, for she cannot deal straightforwardly with sexuality, and her virginity has nothing to do with her reservations and furtive denial of desire. Christ is rarely lucid. Perhaps the burden of sin makes him appear half...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Lovesick | 5/7/1976 | See Source »

Harvard police patrolling the Peabody Terrace area Tuesday afternoon caught two men with a pipe wrench and later found an estimated $5000 in stolen goods that were stored inside their car parked on Putnam Ave., Captain Jeffrey S. Kahn said yesterday...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Police Arrest Two Suspects In 'Pipe Wrench' Burglaries | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...Ford, both of Somerville, were caught running from an entryway with stuffed canvas sacks and stereos in hand, Kahn said yesterday. They were charged with breaking and entering, larceny, and possession of stolen goods. The Harvard police traced the items found in the car to two previous "pipe-wrench" thefts...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Police Arrest Two Suspects In 'Pipe Wrench' Burglaries | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...residents in a nearby entryway who were robbed last Friday afternoon by the "pipe-wrench" method, said yesterday that a neighbor had reported a suspicious person to the Harvard police at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, but received no response...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Police Arrest Two Suspects In 'Pipe Wrench' Burglaries | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

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