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Cool Hand Luke. Paul Newman plays the kind of role only a Nixon could dislike in this tale of a one-man fight against the cruelties of a southern chain-gang. His attempts to buck the system make him something of a charming Christ figure to his fellow prisoners. Unfortunately, Pontius Pilate has always had the last laugh in this kind of Christian symbolism, and resurrection wasn't written into the script. If you liked Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, you won't want to miss this. The supporting cast is good too, with George Kennedy...
...Nixon were seen walking on water, hand in hand with Jesus Christ, the press of this country (TIME included) would say that he was trying to drown the Lord...
...world is presented with such apparent justice and restraint that the reader only gradually ceases to doubt his judgment - a doubt that Plarr at last experiences himself. His pure disgust at the physical side of life matches (and is perhaps intended to represent) the ancient Gnostic heresy that held Christ never to have been made flesh, and regarded the fleshly world as simply a dirty trick played by the devil...
...Harvard greasy spoon is a well-established institution impervious to almost anything short of a full-scale nuclear attack. Elsie's and Tommy's have been feeding Harvard students since Christ was a corporal, and at 24 Holyoke St., where the 24 Restaurant recently replaced Hazen's, the greasy spoon will endure until the resurrection. Each eatery has its adherents, but they all serve about the same kind of food, Prices are highest at Tommy's. Bartley's Burger Cottage at 1246 Mass Ave has the best hamburger on the Square, far and away the best...
...Geneva meeting. The discussion centered on a 13-page report on strategies for social justice prepared by a W.C.C. study group headed by Memphis Methodist Pastor James Lawson. The report saw three "options" open to contemporary Christians: 1) Nonviolent action as the only possibility consistent with obedience to Jesus Christ; 2) Accepting the necessity of violent resistance as a Christian duty in extreme circumstances, but applying to it criteria similar to those governing a "just war"; 3) Participation in already existing situations of violence by support of some kind of rebellion...