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...Tuesday's national election has given the Nixon Administration an impressive slice of the Democrats' hegemony in Congress, but the Republicans' surprisingly poor showing in gubernatorial elections has placed in jeopardy their prospects for the Presidential race...
Adapted from A Hall of Mirrors, a slice of underworld life by Novelist Robert Stone, WUSA is a wayward attempt to chart the depredations of right-wing forces in America. The film, produced by Newman, patently reflects the political views held by him and his wife Joanne. Their social awareness is admirable, but it has led their moviemaking astray. As two of the screen's most talented artists, they could have brought strength to Stone's closely stitched characters. Instead, personality and plot are overridden by politics...
Major expenses such as refurbishing the building or purchasing heavy equipment are paid for by a permanent improvement fund. At the end of each fiscal year a slice of any profit goes to that fund, which is controlled by the Graduate Board-elected alumni editors who otherwise have no control over the CRIMSON's actions...
...warriors can sport the peace sign, the clenched fist marking Women's Liberation or even the Viet Cong flag. Exhibitionists will love the startling model imprinted with a properly located life-size photo of a pair of breasts. Optimists can don a shirt featuring a rainbow with a slice of pie-pie in the sky, of course. A satin applique style shows a country cabin with smoke curling toward the sky, signifying that the wearer wants to get away from...
Pedrick first attacked a major problem for both duffers and professionals. Unless the face of the golf club meets the ball absolutely perpendicular to the intended line of flight, the ball will either hook off to one side of the fairway or slice to the other. Sent into a spin by a glancing blow from the club, the ball acts like an airfoil; higher pressure develops on the side spinning in the direction of forward motion and pushes the ball toward the opposite side...