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John Howe may have used his office especially to crack down on political activists. He raised from $7000 to $7900 the assessment of Chris Burns and the "cooperative family" Burns was living with. Burns had contributed money to Howe opponent Lester Ralph, and has been active in Citizens for Participation in Political Action and other liberal groups in Somerville. Marie Howe personally lobbied against Burns in 1972, when the Democratic City Committee in Somerville met to debate his resolution condemning the Vietnam War. Four years later, John Howe's rationale for raising Burns's assessment was that he saw many...
...devices, quirky angles and long-shots, and inspired fooling around with light sources (especially neat when Herman talks with Felix in a dark hotel room, and swings the hanging lamp so that each of them is lit in turn while the other goes dark). The director cleverly conveys the crack-up of Herman's perfect work of art by placing him beside a shattered mirror, which fragments his image...
...least the cool fun. Garp's trusted friend is the transsexual Roberta Muldoon, formerly Old Number 88; the crack-backing, pass-catching Robert Muldoon, star tight-end for the Philadelphia Eagles. When Roberta finally dies, there is a moment of silence before the Eagles take the field. "She had a great pair of hands," the announcer intones reverently...
...Paper Lion roars again, only this time Author George Plimpton is into fireworks, not football. For four years, professional Mittyman Plimpton has dreamed of orchestrating an international exhibition of fireworks, and last week he finally gave it a crack in Manhattan's Central Park. Plimpton's pyrotechnics featured music and 3½ minutes of displays from each of seven nations. "The Chinese firecrackers were vast chrysanthemum bursts. The Italians were all noise," says he by way of review. Why is he so hot on fireworks? Says Plimpton, who is now working on a book about the world...
...same ordinance also technically prohibits students from eating in their rooms, but Doherty said his office would not crack down on students eating sandwiches in their suites...