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...behavior and took equal pride in both-can make him appear undisciplined. In reality, he brings to his work the same dogged determination that carried him from a "sad rat" freshman to a "sharp sergeant" at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Raised by a strict Baptist mother in El Paso, Donaldson returned to attend Western Texas College. After graduate school at the University of Southern California and a stint in the Army, he came back to Texas. In 1959 he got a job with KRLD, the Dallas radio affiliate of CBS. All three TV networks initially rejected...
Horton Foote's lovely screenplay finds its pace and meaning in the slow, plaintive tempo of rural Texas life. Mac teaches Sonny a few guitar chords; he sashays through a honkytonk dance with Rosa Lee; he gets dunked in the christening tub at the local Baptist church; he tries to make peace with his rebellious daughter (Ellen Barkin); he visits Dixie's Tara-size mansion to say an elegy over a dead marriage; he tosses a football around with Sonny. Attuned to the movie's rhythm, the viewer will see wounds heal, friendships ripen, a bond sealed...
...strong following among white, liberal Democrats as well as in the city's business establishment. He first attracted public attention four years ago when, as chairman of the Pennsylvania public utility commission, he skillfully conducted the probe into the Three Mile Island incident. A deacon in his Baptist church, he has a master's degree in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and has won general praise as a talented administrator...
...fact, the theater's small size is an advantage. The cast interacts directly with the audience, shaking hands, telling jokes and encouraging audience participation in an onstage game of charades. As John the Baptist enters, he actually sprinkles water into the seats. The audience surrounds the stage on three sides, which brings the actors out into the house and adds to the intimate feelings...
...Melvin G. Brown, senior minister of Cambridge's Union Baptist Church and a principal speaker at today's commemoration, emphasized the need to examine specific ways King organized civil rights activism rather than merely admire his more dramatic speeches and accomplishments...