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...lines and generally giving an excellent imitation of the Robot from Lost in Space. The second act, like the first, is a monologue, this time by the president. At least Johnny Carson gets to tap dance if his jokes bomb; Making can only suffer through his pointless lines...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Don't Look Now | 3/12/1977 | See Source »

...SEEMS POINTLESS to speculate as to whether David Carradine, who plays Woody in the film, succeeds in capturing the "real" Woody Guthrie. Carradine doesn't really look or sound very much like the real Woody, and at times he seems so cooly laid back that it's hard to see in him the burning curiosity, wanderlust and stubborn passion for justice that come through so clearly in Woody's songs and writings. Ultimately, though, Carradine's Woody succeeds because he combines Woody's optimism and stubborn wise-ass anti-authoritarianism, creating an interesting, sympathetic but not overly worshipful portrait. Carradine...

Author: By Andrew T. Karron, | Title: Dust Bowl Refugee | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

...imaginary incident is pointless and boring, but typical of what Reeves has decided is worth reporting...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: By Friday I Had Learned | 2/17/1977 | See Source »

...sick of irrelevant things on the sports page? Well, tough darts, pal. Why don't you unglue that Morrison & Boyd from your hand for a minute and feast your peepers on the most pointless test of knowledge you're probably ever going to face here...

Author: By Tom Aronson and Bill Scheft, S | Title: Crimson Sports Cube Disc Frisk | 1/21/1977 | See Source »

...significant number of the Faculty that they are willing to honestly stand by their affirmation on April 10, 1970 in the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities of equality among the academic community of Harvard University, I feel that students will rightly see participation on the CRR as pointless and hypocritical. I feel that if the Faculty are not going to act on their espoused beliefs, they should cease the espousal of those beliefs. Therefore I feel that if the Faculty continue to refuse students equality in the administration of their common rights, the Faculty should repudiate the present Resolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The CRR and Lit. Crit. | 1/21/1977 | See Source »

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