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Stronger & More Specific. During the discussion of Schema 13, there were many demands that it be made stronger and more specific. Montreal's Paul-Emile Cardinal Léger asked that it be stripped of all sterile condemnations; Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro of Bologna complained that the present text was...
The Outrage, at best, is a 97-minute rehash of the vivid Japanese classic Rashomon. At worst, it is a clear case of Occidental death. In remaking Director Akira Kurosawa's 1952 Oscar winner, the producers have added a bumper crop of cactus, presumably hoping to repeat the success...
Though Harakiri may sometimes try the patience of an Occidental moviegoer, the film's best scenes lift it to the stature of an astringent minor classic. Director Kobayashi softens violence with impeccable artistry. In his hands, the grim ancient ritual of self-immolation seems as rigidly formalized and strangely...
Died. Luang Pibul Songgram, 66, Thai strongman, who as Prime Minister from 1938 to 1941 and again from 1948 to 1957 changed the country's name from Siam to Thailand, turned it westward, or so he thought, with such Occidental laws as ordering men to kiss their wives before...
Into the shotput circle at California's Occidental College strode Dallas Crutcher Long III, known to his friends as the Prince of Whales. Hefting a 16-lb. iron ball in one hammy hand, he crouched low, tucked the ball behind his right ear, and began to inch back his...