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...always been particularly zealous in enforcing this proviso, so Murdoch presumably expected the Government to continue to bend the rules in his favor. But the liberal Kennedy (often referred to in Murdoch's Boston Herald as "the Fat Boy") sneaked a clause requiring Murdoch to sell either station or paper into a long congressional appropriations bill. President Reagan seems to have skipped reading the clause when signing the bill into law. In Boston Murdoch chose to sell the station and keep the paper, where he can continue to taunt Teddy. But in New York City he needs the station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: A Disdain for Respectability | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...tunes is offset by their interchangeability among characters and situations, plus a tin ear for lyrics and lyricists. Moreover, nothing in Phantom compares with Memory in Cats. The melody that comes closest, The Music of the Night, contains a repeated phrase that seems to quote Come to Me, Bend to Me from Brigadoon, a show that had true magic, fantasy and romance and that embodied a tradition of Broadway quality Lloyd Webber has not come close to matching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Music Of The Night THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...that Women's Wear Daily has taken to commenting on "social knees." His influence can now be seen internationally, from a pretty young girl in Tampa wearing a copy of his puff pantaloons to the recent Seventh Avenue shows that blushed with his trademark outsize flowers and don't-bend-over lengths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Voila! It's Fun a Lacroix | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...mating habits of lions. Street musicians perform the Temptation's "My Girl," including Motown-style choreography, while the camera cuts between scenes of various couples trysting. Sammy's mistress, Anna (Wendy Gazelle), a New York photographer, has a "w" tattooed on each buttock "so that when I bend over, it spells...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Return of the Naive | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

...going to be more careful in the future, bend my knees more, and take it slow," Roosevelt said. He advised all those not familiar with icy Cambridge conditions to "just take it slow...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Snow Blankets Yard, Southern Frosh Amazed | 11/12/1987 | See Source »

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