Word: boys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people think you are "discovering" the South? Patting us on the back because Faulkner rose a phoenix from our ashes? Because Carter plays the erudite Good Ole Boy? Because you have finally noticed the real bigots live up North? How dare you patronize...
...badly, and too late. By hesitating, Ford angered many Americans, black and white alike. He seemed to be giving in to pressure, including Carter's-hardly helpful to a man who is running as a strong leader. The incident also evoked images of Washington folderol-the ole-boy network of Republican cronies sticking together. Worried one top Ford aide when it was finished: "I'm afraid some people will start wondering how straight a guy, how nice a fellow the President really is." Appearing at the University of Southern California last week, Ford was ridiculed by some students...
...chatted with TIME Correspondent Jerry Hannifin. Two ears of golden Iowa corn-a present from an admirer-glowed on his desk, and the horse collar he brought with him to Washington five years ago still hung on the wall, a reminder of his years of plowing fields as a boy on a 160-acre farm in Noble County, Ind. Said he: "I've paid a tremendous price. I'm going back to Purdue, where I studied and taught. I'm going to be an adjunct professor of some sort, talk to students, make speeches ... You know...
Bemused Parable. From above, one can see the body fall. We watch the little boy, a diminishing blaze of red, all the way down, see him hit the ground close by a hedge. He bounces just a couple of inches, laughs and gets up, delighted. The boy's mother faints on the spot as her son toddles off to play. "Remarkable," says a teacher who lives next door. His pregnant wife explains: "Kids are in a state of grace. They bounce back...
Just a Gigolo. This old woman has come to Paris for a last visit with her favorite son (Joseph Maher). As a boy, he used to idle away hours in the trees. As a man, he has idled away his life as a compulsive gambler and is now a gigolo in a nightclub. The woman he lives with is the club hustler (Suzanne Lederer). The conversational pas de trois that these three engage in is replete with bitterness and non-sequitur absurdist humor. The performers are also forced to carry an elephantine load of symbolism...