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...time, Pahopin had hopes that Marion Young, a housewife with an English accent, would become the Parker Towers version of Rona Barrett -and he initially introduced her as such. But Marion would have none of it. Instead, she specializes in engagement announcements, weddings and traveling tenants. A recent flash: "Welcome home, Flora Mae Birge, from your Caribbean cruise. Too bad you couldn't take along your poodle to enjoy it with you." Marion explains that her husband objected to the Rona Barrett billing. Besides, she says, "I really didn't want to gossip and spread grief...
Allen likes to look for George Milosevic, a 210-pounder who has grabbed 16 passes this season, for 206 yards and a touchdown. Ten of those receptions came last week. Allen also has Barrett Rosser, an ex-quarterback speedstar operating out of the backfield, and John McKeown who outleaped two Penn defensive backs last week to grab the scoring pass that gave Cornell the win with only 36 seconds...
...play this game seriously and I think scientifically," said Roger Barrett, a member of the high-ranked Fuchsia team from Berkeley, Calif. He and his cohorts had practiced such exotic deliveries as sidearms, thumbers, under-hands and upside-down wrist flips no less than three hours a day for months -but to no avail. They lost in the finals to the defending champion Highland Avenue Aces of Wilmette, 111., who had coolly scouted out the weak spots in the Californians' game. During the match, the winners destroyed Fuchsia's confidence with a steady stream of verbal taunts...
Having known his subject for so long, Gorey was well-equipped to report on Anderson's psychology as well as his journalism; what motivates the complicated columnist is an important element of our coverage of him. Beyond that, says Laurence Barrett, who edited the story, "we set out to critique his performance and analyze his techniques. When you're writing about someone in your own business, there is always the danger of being unconsciously partial to his side of the argument...
...premiere harked back to the good old days when searchlights stabbed the Hollywood sky to honor the world's Glamour People. Except that this premiere was on Broadway. Raquel Welch was there, and Ali MacGraw and Bob Evans, Elliott Gould, Polly Bergen, Jack Nicholson, Paula Prentiss, Rona Barrett, Andy Williams. There were plenty of Kennedys-Eunice and Sargent Shriver, Jean and Stephen Smith, Pat Lawford -plus a sizable slither of socialites. But the superstar of The Godfather's opening was Henry Kissinger. So many people wanted to be seen talking to the White House adviser that the curtain...