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...that marked Bradley's game-"He dislikes flam-boyance, and, unlike some of basketball's greatest stars, has apparently never made a move merely to attract attention...Bradley calls practically all men 'Mister' whose age exceeds his won by more than a couple of years." The piece gives some insight into the dynamics of a hook shot, stresses the importance of practice, describes a high polish. But it says almost nothing important; none of the things that could have been said if he had chosen Connie Hawkins as his subject and talked about what it feels like...
...Salvador, Zimbabwe or the Great Wall of China." Says World Senior Editor John Elson, "there are staff people here in New York with special background, training and knowledge on just about any subject that can come up, who can be called on to give a story extra depth and insight...
...letter and Begin's reply, which were made public last week, the two leaders spelled out their thinking on the differences that have led to the breakdown in the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy. By turns eloquent, sentimental and accusatory, the letters also provided a fascinating insight into the thinking and style of the two men as the bilateral negotiations once more reached an impasse...
...Schuller as a conductor in both educational and professional situations have been so positive as to refute Irving Bush's allegation that "he is an absolutely atrocious conductor." Many musicians would agree with me in saying that he is a "musician's conductor" who brings to conducting insight and intelligence that are all too rare in today's musical world...
This comes as no great surprise. While Hitchcock's talent lay in planting even the most implausible action within plots that were enclosed in, and aerated by, chilly factual details, DePalma has always submerged his stories under a torrent of extravagant stylistic effects, ditching Hitchcock's logic, his psychological insight, his mooring in the specific tension and atmosphere of a given situation or place. He shares Hitchcock's cynicism about human relations, but he has none of the sly, mordant perception that makes this cynicism persuasive and disquieting. In Dressed to Kill he dispenses with Psycho's emotional complications...