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...Buttle, the word is "smart." He is particularly skilled at covering running backs who slip downfield on pass pat terns. Two other linebacking prospects are Clarence Sanders, Cincinnati, 6 ft. 4 in., 225 lbs.; and Ron McCartney, Tennessee...
...truth. Even if they do, again, I doubt anybody makes any big deal about it. I mean, little kids probably don't carol in front of the governor-general's house, although my reading of the whole thing is that the govenor-general and his kids probably slip in a few carols on Christmas eve, without making a bog deal of it or anything. Maybe they have a little Christmas tree, nothing pretentions, but if I know my governor-generals they don't just let the day slip by. I mean, the governor-general probably gets Christmas cards from people...
...physical techniques used to bull past blockers. All four start with the head butt, driving their helmets into the heads of the opposite offensive linemen like bull moose battling for their lives. Once the offensive lineman has been hit, each man has a specialty. Greenwood likes to use the "slip" move, pushing past his blocker. White prefers to knock his opponent aside with an "uppercut" shove under the shoulder. Holmes is a master of the "club," using one of his blacksmith forearms to belt a blocker to the side, and the "push and pull," in which he pushes a guard...
...Pinochet, "that I don't eat babies." In an anteroom outside his office, a memorable scene: 22 generals of the Chilean army were waiting to be called in, one by one, to hear whether they would be promoted, retired, or held in place another year. Perhaps Pinochet would slip into uniform for those sessions...
Throughout the nitwit action, one notes what might be called a typically Gallic touch: even in the furthest extremities, Belmondo remains modishly tailored. This causes problems. Tapered trousers make it difficult to get a leg up, and boots with high heels cause any flatfoot to slip and slide on the fabled Paris roofs. It could be said that the only genuine suspense The Night Caller has to offer is whether the leading man will split his pants...