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Extracted with misplaced fidelity from Robert Marasco's unfortunate 1970 Broadway success, this lame tale about the corruption of innocence is little more than a trot for Lord of the Flies. An unpopular Latin teacher nicknamed "Old Lash" (James Mason) is certain that all the trouble is caused by his colleague Dobbs (Robert Preston), whom he describes as a "malevolence" and an "obscenity." Dobbs, however, is beloved of all the boys and Lash heartily despised as an overbearing, paranoid pedant. The bitter rivalry between the two teachers leads eventually to madness, suicide and the equivocal triumph of evil...
...budget, Weinberger may be in for some frustrating times at HEW. Even in the $10 billion area, where cuts might still be made next year, lower appropriations may be political poison. Trimming aid to ghetto schools, cutting funds for college students or medical research-all would be difficult and unpopular. Last week Weinberger sighed philosophically: "I had thought this job [at Budget] was the worst in Washington, but there's one [at HEW] that's even worse in terms of problems and hours of work...
...above on occasion going over the side of the ship in a bosun's chair to wield a symbolic chip hammer. "He treated everyone as a minority of one," explained one sailor. Oberg had a way of sympathizing with the crew even when passing out an unpopular order, like the frequent extensions to the ship's tour of duty off the coast of Viet Nam. Recalled one crew member: "Ob would say, 'Hey, we're going back and we can't do anything about it.' He was cool. You knew there...
...past has supported re- peal of the federal income tax, and more recently opposed a Government rat-extermination program ("In Payette we kill our own rats"). He ran a smooth campaign against Idaho State University President William E. Davis, 43, shrewdly tying the moderate Democrat to unpopular McGovern positions. When it came out that Davis endorsed the farm workers' lettuce boycott, Mc-Clure staffers passed the word: "Will a potato boycott be next...
...have been reserved for the press and his political opponents, many of whom still languish in jail without any charges being lodged against them. Only three of Manila's seven television channels have been allowed to broadcast again; last week Marcos ordered others permanently closed. "It would be too unpopular to keep them all closed down," observed one Manila businessman. "After all, a television set is the biggest investment of most families." The only newspapers available are those that are uniformly pro-Marcos; censorship has increased the hunger for news, though not universally. "I think it is better without them...