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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which sets the stage for a sordid menage a trois. Schneider happens to be the unhappy--and unsatisfied--wife of a pudgy Rod Steiger awash in the throes of alcoholism. Middle-aged and impotent, this pathetic millionaire launches into a self-pitying tirade that evokes memories of Richard Burton at his worst. He has clearly bought his wife with his fortune, and the arrival of Schneider's new friend has given Steiger little cause for comfort. Schneider's looks make her suitable for the role of an unfaithful spouse; blonde, slender and very cool, she has infidelity stamped all over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whose Hands Are Dirty? | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

...produced another book, The Looking Glass War, but it brought little satisfaction; reviewers said the adventure could not compare with its smashing predecessor. Le Carré traveled to Dublin to assist in the script of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. "I did it," he insists, "because Richard Burton was sulking and couldn't say his lines. That was my first and last taste of show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Who Came In for the Gold | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...magazine would be harmless, indeed dull, if its collection of photo-journalistic essays did not purport to be art. First of all, as in every issue, there are full-page photographs of children of the famous. This month Elizabeth Taylor's 16-year-old daughter Maria Burton and 22-year-old son Christopher Wilding grace pages six and seven. They were photographed by Firooz Zahedi, with whom young Christopher plans to open a photography studio soon in New York. Both of Taylor's children are good-looking, both seem deliberately posed to provoke comparison with Beautiful Mama, yet neither...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Trash | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

Radcliffe has not yet requested a building permit for the planned athletic facility on Observatory Hill because the plans are not yet complete. Construction is expected to begin the first week of October, Burton Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe College, said Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vellucci Hits Harvard for Construction | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

Radcliffe has not yet requested a building permit for the planned facility because the plans are not complete, but construction is expected to get underway at the beginning of October, Burton Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe College, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vellucci Blasts Harvard For Construction Proposals | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

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