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This Debonair, martini-swilling socialite wasn't "the thin man." (That guy was a victim in the original Dashiell Hammett novel.) But Nick was the cool socialite, solving homicides as if they were Times crosswords. Nick and his wife Nora (and their terrier Asta) were a dream family to a Depression audience in need of blithe fantasy. In six movies from 1934 to '47 (out on DVD next month), William Powell was a kind of F.D.R. of crime fiction and Myrna Loy was the suavest, most gracious wife ever...
Travelers can also go online to get the latest flights and fares from computerized sources like American Airlines' SABRE system. But this again raises the specter of possible bias. The U.S. Transportation Department launched a probe of SABRE and other airline-owned systems last fall after asta and several airlines complained that SABRE favored American's flights. In 1984 the Civil Aeronautics Board ordered major carriers to display flight information in an impartial manner...
...saga of Nick & Nora, which played full-price previews for a near record nine weeks while its creators struggled to fix the show, derived from The Thin Man. Then, just a week after it opened to scorched-earth reviews, it was Asta la vista, Nick & Nora...
...saga of Nick & Nora, which played full-price previews for a near record nine weeks while its creators struggled to fix the show, derived from The Thin Man. Then, just a week after it opened to scorched-earth reviews, it was Asta la vista, Nick & Nora...
NICK & NORA. Remember that lovable Asta? Well, the only new American musical of the 1991-92 Broadway season, based on the Thin Man movies, is quite a dog itself...