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...years in the business. Charisma enables him to support the burden of the show, becoming a center of gravity around which the other actors can spin merrily. Maybe only Donny with his squeaky clean image could believably defend honor and country and still compliment his gal with, "French pastry ain't worth thirty cents compared to Apple...

Author: By Brian M. Sands, | Title: What a Modern Age | 2/16/1982 | See Source »

...spending only $55 a week on food. Addison also barters his services, repairing a neighbor's clothes dryer in exchange for a new shirt. Still, Addison is bothered that his two eldest daughters must pay most of the bills for their weddings this spring. Says the father: "There ain't a man that likes to say, 'Well, daughter, I can't afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unemployment On The Rise | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...making $10.57 an hour as a janitor. Last October, about the time his unemployment benefits ran out, Bell started accepting welfare. He also decided to stop looking for jobs until the economy around Peoria improves. Said he: "I've been all over this area and there ain't nothing out there." The decision to accept his unemployment as semipermanent stemmed from "an accumulation of experiences: the way things were going and the upcoming layoffs [scheduled at Caterpillar]. Everything just kind of mounted up and I had had it. Right now, around here even the fast-food restaurant jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Do Not Get Counted | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...ain even the featured attraction...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: B.U. Takes on the Champs | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...love him so good." One day Dolly and Burt were shootin' a number called I Will Always Love You, and Burt's parents came in to see it. After the take, Dolly jumped up and shouted to them, "I'm kissin' your boy and I ain't gonna stop just 'cause you're here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Whorehouse goes Hollywood | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

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