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...touch it; the movie seemed to fall somewhere between poor taste and treason. Now, post-Watergate, it has had no trouble finding a distributor; it seems to fall somewhere between poor taste and topicality. Moral: for some moviemakers, it is safer to be accused of quickie exploitation than of insight or prophecy...
...rest, Claude Lelouch does a little essay on losers, Juri Ozerov of Russia focuses on athletes preparing for competition, and Michael Pfleghar of Germany contributes a piece on women athletes. None is distinguished by either a strong point of view or depth of insight...
...terminating pregnancy, goes on to describe abortion techniques in nontechnical terms and concludes with an essay on fertility control. For those who are uneasy about abortion, there is also an index of clergy consultation services and Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country. The text is written with unusual insight and compassion, for good reason: the author, Beth Richardson Gutcheon, 28, a grandniece of Dr. John Rock, the birth control pioneer, has had two abortions herself...
...unleashed Chappaqua, a shambling phantasmagoria of the hallucinatory world of alcoholism and drug addiction. His skills have become no sharper in the intervening years. Siddhartha (Shashi Kapoor), as any campus sophomore would know, spends the better part of his lifetime beating the bushes in search of spiritual insight and fulfillment. It is a hard job achieving nirvana, and seems to require a great deal of sitting by babbling brooks and talking in hushed tones. For a while Siddhartha embraces worldly things, including fine raiment, sumptuous food and Malala (Simi Garewal), the woman who he decrees will be his "love teacher...
...book is not intended to replace classic studies like Clinton Rossiter's The American Presidency (1960) or match George Reedy's scary vision of Lyndon Johnson as a latter-day George III, The Twilight of the Presidency (1970). Instead, briefly, gracefully, shrewdly, with anecdote and flashes of insight, Hughes invites humane and practical reflection upon the most mysterious and important public office in the world. When the reader is through, he not only knows a good deal about the powers and restraints of the presidency and the peculiar blend of qualities necessary for leadership, he thinks...