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Douglas was suspicious of the coercive power of Government. He anticipated the Miranda decision of 1966 by arguing, usually in dissent, that the criminally accused should have immediate access to a lawyer and the right to remain silent after arrest. He voted against letting the state use evidence obtained by...
Show People is mainly about the joys of talent and the satisfactions of professionalism. It is a collection of long profiles, originally published in The New Yorker, which reflect what the author calls "my abiding obsession with the skills that enable a man or woman to seize and hold the...
At the fadeout of Rio Lobo, a Hollywood oater of 1970, Starlet Sherry Lansing guns down the varmint who had done her wrong and sashays off into the sunset with John Wayne. As she recalls, "I wasn't interested in being an actress at first, but when I walked...
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Buñuel again, poignantly returning to his great subject, sexual obsession.
The Iran shortfall actually will not register until January, and while it may cause a gasoline shortage early next year, Washington describes heating-oil reserves as being above 1978 levels and higher than the "projected normal stock range." The fact is that less heating oil has been ordered by customers...