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Television's second week of premières was staged almost entirely by CBS. As incumbent ratings champion, having had eight of the top ten prime-time shows last season, CBS waited until the challengers had flashed nearly all their goods before spreading out its twelve new entries for 1964-65. In one or two instances, it could thus be said that the best was saved for last, but in general CBS's new shows lack the warmth of those on the other networks. CBS has a cool and mechanical touch. Its choices in comedy seem cynical, where...
...completes its roster of new shows with eight premières this week, NBC introduces four of its new series, and CBS has three-with nine to follow next week...
...first glance, Alfie seems to be asking too much. The doctrine of res judicata (the thing is decided) holds that a fully adjudicated conviction is final. But that doctrine applies only to the original parties-in Alfie's robbery case, that means the Crown v. Hinds. The libel suit involved different parties: Hinds v. Sparks, and only by coincidence was the robbery the key issue. Since it was the issue, however, Alfie managed to have himself found "innocent" in what laymen at least could view as a retrial. Whether he now deserves a pardon is up to Home Secretary...
...stood deep within the Bois de Verričres just south of Paris. Above the boy's head, a giant oak reared away into the predawn darkness. "Tell me," he asked the man, "are there wolves here?" The man placed a reassuring hand on the nape of the boy's neck. "No, my little Luc, there are no wolves." Slowly the man's hand tightened...
Drowning the Past. As the dam deadline approached, two dozen archaeological teams from 14 countries swarmed over the land searching for last-minute finds. At least 23 of Nubia's major historical sites have been or will be res cued from the waters-some of them simply by being cut up and carted away. A West German engineering firm won a UNESCO contract to save the Upper River's most famous temple: the sandstone statuary and columns carved 3,000 years ago on the order of Pharaoh Ramses II at Abu Simbel, 180 miles above Aswan...