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...film composer must live in comfort in a celluloid straight-jacket," Green said, explaining the challenge of writing music to accompany minute-long fragments of dramatic action without sounding choppy...

Author: By Nellie Henderson, | Title: Green Speaks On Difficulties Of Scoring Film | 10/30/1979 | See Source »

...between sex and violence toward women. Mr. Attanasio is not selective, though, in displaying sexual prejudice. He also exhibits racial arrogance in depicting Tommy's Armenian restaurant-owner who emits word-like syllables between "aargh's and grzhth's" and a pinball-playing "short Canuck in a bogus leather jacket." Another writer claims that, "For entertainment, "Whorehouse" is about as dead solid perfect as you'll get." Perfect for whom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sex Appeal | 10/23/1979 | See Source »

...down the carpeted hallway. He paused every few steps to make sure no one heard him. He felt carefully along the wall until his hand grasped a familiar object: a doorknob. He waited again, his chest heaving. He tried to control his breathing. From inside his plaid polyester sport jacket he drew a Mickey Mouse penlight--a gift from the gang in the Company after a memorable visit to Disneyland in 1971. He struggled with the door knob lock, employing his special tools fashioned from stolen forks. It was a motel-style lock, easily picked. He had once owned...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Section 80 never changes much. This year, like last year and the one before, the kid with the ankle weights showed up. He can palm the ball now, and his goofy smile is a little more abashed; but he still wears the ratty junior high basketball jacket. The old guy, who once reffed college ball and now depends on the bottle in his paper bag, was there too--and the brothers from Roslindale who help run the union during...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...Hill rushed 90 yards for the Elis while sporting a flack jacket. Yale stayed unbeaten since last season's 10-3 loss to Dartmouth...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Yale, Princeton Notch Shutouts; Brown Steamrolls Over Penn | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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