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...eminent goldbug, a professional pessimist, Deak understands the psychology of people who have lost faith in mere money and paper shares. Critics, including many stockbrokers, say that Deak has a great 17th century mind, that his views would make Marie Antoinette look like Bella. Abzug. But his opinions are important, since so many nervous people share them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: The Gnome of Wall Street | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Kaye-Martin's portrayal of the master of the house was not masterful, but good--he had the job of portraying the banality of evil in a high-faluting style, but overdid the banality a bit. He rants and demands and insults with all the consummate evil of Bella Lugosi and Martin Bormann fused; Kaye-Martin overplays his role just so much, just so much that despite his overkill in the sexist-megalomaniac-asshole department, the crowd still takes his character seriously, according his work with all of the hisses and spittoons given the villain in any old time movie...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Victorian Fun and Games | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

...lost). When her role as wife and mother became an issue, she retorted: "My husband Fred says a woman's place is in the house-the U.S. House of Representatives." A similar line was used that same year by another woman politician of considerably different views -Bella Abzug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Anti-ERA Evangelist Wins Again | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...unkempt. A disarming, blue-eyed Milanese, Armani, 43, is a canny tailor who knows precisely what each fabric can do and undo. Though Italians call his style Il Look Inglese-to which stiff upper-collared Englishmen might well object-Armani has managed to steer the national aspiration to la bella figura toward an image of bohemian nonchalance. His bellows-pocketed, unlined suits are sellouts in the U.S. at prices ranging from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Dressing Down in Sloppy Chic | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

Sisterhood was there in full force, and also some brotherhood. To raise funds for the faltering Equal Rights Amendment, Shirley MacLaine, Bella Abzug, Carol Burnett, Robert Altman, Chevy Chase, Norman Lear and 300 or so others dined on chicken and chili at Mario Thomas' place in Beverly Hills. "It's a life and death struggle,"' boomed Abzug. Burnett declared: "I've always been apolitical, but this is a moral issue." Besides, as she says, "I have an investment in the future. I have three daughters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 26, 1978 | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

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