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...great coyote war, a splendid Old World weapon
...Connery is perhaps the one genuine romantic hero in the movies now. He is strong; he is soft. He can be hurt physically, and take it; he can be hurt emotionally, and show it. Outland gives Connery every chance to strut and smolder and sends him off on one splendid chase sequence. The rest is strained silliness. Good Guy Connery knows that Bad Guy Peter Boyle is out to kill him, but instead of gunning him down, Connery waits till the end of the movie to wreak his vengeance-by socking Boyle in the nose. Maybe that...
...must think this is a very long letter about a short and probably unintentionally controversial article. But enough is enough. As Master of Adams House, I am tired of seeing a splendid group of students humiliated by disparaging labels. And as a teacher, I am disturbed by the Philistinism, anti-intellectualism and moral vacuity that infers that creative talent, high scholarly achievement and respect for individual differences are a strange and ridiculous combination in a university. Robert Kiely Master of Adams House Professor of English
...beginning, there was no baseball. But ever since, there have been few beginnings as good as the start of a new baseball season. It is the most splendid time in sport, in part because baseball is about the only sport left-now that football players report to training camp before the Fourth of July, and hockey players start skating in Indian summer-that still has a time and is true to it. The national pastime arrives with spring and holds almost as many promises. Veterans may hope for renewal of their glory, rookies for finding a place in that special...
Caveman has been assembled with the :are that would normally be lavished on a Big Mac during the lunchtime rush. The dialogue (in a pre-Tarzan patois) rarely gets more sophisticated than "Aieee! Kuda! Ma pooka ma bobo aloonda zug-zug fech macha!"* But Ringo is splendid leading his tribe in man's first jam session, and the rest of the cast is fully up to the demands of the script. Kudos to Richard Moll as an Abominable Snowman who shambles around like Groucho Marx in sopping-wet fake fur, and to an animated Tyrannosaurus rex who deserves next...