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WINNING. In this melodrama of the Indianapolis 500, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman sometimes flash their celebrated force and conviction. For the most part, the action (like the race) merely goes in circles...
...celestial speedometer, Dr. Edward K. Conklin, 27, used the faint field of high-frequency radiation that seems to blanket all parts of the heavens. These scattered signals, first detected by scientists of the Bell Telephone Laboratories four years ago, may well be the remnants of the primordial flash that, according to many astronomers, gave birth to the universe more than 10 billion years ago. Just as a cyclist feels more of a breeze when he rides with the wind in his face rather than at his back, the lingering radiation from the so-called "big bang" would appear slightly stronger...
VIOLENCE and disorder continued to flash like early summer lightning across the campuses of the U.S. last week. There were disruptive demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins, clashes with police, confrontations between students and what has now become the ultimate sign of defiance-students standing against authority with firearms in their hands. The dynamics of student discontent have obviously produced an ominous rise in the frequency and intensity of protest. Now there are unmistakable signs that it has also produced something else: a growing feeling throughout the nation that the rebels have at last gone too far. If there was one word...
...spawned on the East rather than the West Coast. Five of the nine members (ages: 21 to 26) are native New Yorkers, and all nine, Katz points out, "have spent some time playing in bands around town or scuffling in Greenwich Village." The pace and aggression of the city flash through their tensile, hard-edged sound. With its five-man horn section, the group is also the most successful attempt yet to combine jazz-flavored brass and reeds with rock guitar and rhythm. The musicianship displayed in its complex arrangements and lithe, leaping solos is second to none...
...Maharishi, the singer finds that his lessons are exercises in disenchantment. The guru prates of selflessness but demands instant obedience to his whims. He hints of asceticism and keeps two wives busy and jealous. He considers himself a brilliant musician -until his guru denounces his technique as commercial flash and filigree...