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...Greenstreet contemplating the bust of the Maltese falcon. The persona was carefully cultivated by the master, whose "Do not disturb" sign was printed in his face and on his stationery ("Mr. Wilson regrets that it is impossible for him to .. write introductions ... make speeches ... judge literary contests ... give interviews ... autograph books for strangers ... donate copies of his books to libraries . . . contribute to symposiums of any kind ... supply personal information about himself"). Critic Alfred Kazin suggests that "anyone so extraordinarily gifted, and obsessed with words, must have grown up deep inside the shell that his own gift created around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Edmund Wilson: 1895-1972 | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

McGovern sat down at his table and some people came up to get his autograph. He started to talk with Frank Mankiewicz, his national political coordinator. As we left, Mrs. McGovern was holding the baby of a woman at a nearby table and talking about children and the recent birth of her own granddaughter...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: McGovern: Triumph at HoJo's | 3/18/1972 | See Source »

...beautiful, more so than on the screen and even her alootness was more appealing than a candidate's underwhelming warmth. A man who is running for President is something natural, a common man. A movie star is something entirely different. She smiled dutifully at my camera and signed an autograph for the green-eyed girl, and was off without ever leaving her car. Then Vance came back out, but everyone was gone...

Author: By Peter Southwick, | Title: Ward 10, Manchester | 3/17/1972 | See Source »

...ceremonies took place at noon as a handful of autograph hunters, a clubhouse full of Puddings, and two waylaid churchgoers attended a preview of the 124th running of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, a musical spoof of the American revolution entitled The Wrongway Inn, scheduled to hit the boards officially this Thursday night...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Ruby Comes Up Star, Goes Back Pudding | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

Back in Memphis, Isaac Hayes is a more secular hero, but nonetheless a hero. "Hey, Bubba," the white owner of a propane gas station calls as Isaac cruises by in his turquoise El Dorado. "You gotta give me an autograph for my daughter; she doesn't believe you used to work for me." Isaac signs, then nods to a friend: "I used to wash cars and mow the grass around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Black Moses | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

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