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But nowhere in this avalanche of praise, and nowhere in Gill's book, is there mention of an unpleasant reality, something that those lucky enough to buy the 50th anniversary issue discovered as they turned its elegant, ad-riddled pages. The New Yorker has become--maybe it's always been...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: Golden Anniversary in Whichy Thicket | 2/27/1975 | See Source »

No, decidedly not. A seasoned New Yorker writer can make even New Yorker writers interesting. Besides, from the beginning, Ross's humor magazine attracted remarkable talents: Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, E.B. White, Wolcott Gibbs, S.J. Perelman, John O'Hara, Edmund Wilson, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, Saul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anniversary Waltz | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

Married. Patty Duke, 25, who nine years ago became the youngest actress to win an Academy Award (for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker); and John Astin, 42, who found greater success in television comedy (The Addams Family, I'm Dickens . . . He's Fenster) than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 14, 1972 | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

While the plot might have been cribbed from Agatha Christie, the main character seems to have sprung straight out of a Charles Addams cartoon. At the age of 14 Young was sentenced to 15 years in the maximum-security Broadmoor mental hospital for having attempted to poison a classmate, his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: ... Horseman, Pass By | 7/17/1972 | See Source »

OUR HEROINES, like our dreams, tell us who we are and who we hope to become. The sources of our aspirations may be hidden from us at first, mystifying, even frightening us. But we are convinced that if we could only discover them, we would finally understand ourselves. And though...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: On Heroine-Worship | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

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