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...Poet-Essayist Adrienne Rich, it is "the great unwritten story." Author Nancy Friday calls it "the last taboo," and Psychology Writer Lucy Freeman sees it as the feminist movement's "last liberation." The subject of these slightly breathless descriptions: the tangled, ambivalent and often hostile relationship between mothers and daughters...
...halftime lead turned into an 84-83 squeaker when senior Glenn Fine hit a layup with five seconds to go. But B.C.'s Chris Foy sank two foul shots after Harvard was forced to foul on the ensuing in-bounds play, and B.C. took home a breathless...
...brings the same sort of breathless enthusiasm to her girlhood experiences in acting school, modeling, ushering, and selling Actor's Cue in front of Sardi's so her face would become familiar to producers. A big break came when Critic George Jean Nathan wrote that Lauren was "the prettiest theater usher" of the 1942 season. Off Broadway the spotlight was on Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo. Bacall danced with servicemen at the Stage Door Canteen, but her mind seems to have been exclusively on star wars...
...Sadat expressed delight at meeting "the world's most famous mayor." Sadat was not far from the mark. For nearly 13 years, ebullient, tough-talking and relentlessly energetic Teddy Kollek, 67, has presided over Jerusalem in an evenhanded, unceremonious way. On election day last week, Kollek halted a breathless, last-minute round of electioneering to talk with Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer and TIME'S Robert Slater about his goals for the city...
...that June is here, junk movies are busting out all over. Capricorn One is the first decent one of the lot: it kills two hours with a breathless progression of incredible plot twists and daredevil aerial stunts. Even at its silliest-which is quite silly-this thriller makes The Greek Tycoon seem like a slow yacht to China. At its best, Capricorn One almost matches the trashy highs of Coma, the junk movie of the year to date...