Word: catfights
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...suspects that the mystery was just an excuse, an occasion for the writing team to get off a lot of good, if rather broad show-biz jokes. Taylor and Novak, who plays her co-star and longtime rival, have a bitchy catfight, full of gags about having two faces and two chins. Then there is Curtis as a relentlessly crass producer. "Get me the Coast!" he shouts into the phone at an uncomprehending English operator. Pause, and then an anguished yelp: "What do you mean, which coast?" But perhaps the high point of this nonsense comes when Taylor, who appears...
Symbolic of their separate seasons were the opening-game pitchers. The Royals sent in 20-game winner Dennis Leonard, fresh from a victory in the opening game against the Yankees. The Phillies could muster just a single unexhausted arm after the catfight with Houston, Rookie Bob Walk, 23. When the Royals jumped off to a four-run lead, courtesy of two home runs, they seemed ready to roll. But Philadelphia, helped by a three-run homer from Bake McBride, answered with a five-run burst its next time at bat and took the first game...
...heard competency estimates ranging from 25% to 75% and simply split the difference. One barrister labeled Burger's remarks "preposterous and flippant," while another cited more scientific studies pegging the incompetency rate at 8% to 30%. After a shouting delegate pleaded for an end to the embarrassing "snarling catfight" with the Chief Justice, an anti-Burger resolution was resoundingly voted down by the delegates. Said an unrepentant Burger: "Whatever their intentions, they focused attention on the problem." Next case...
...band together for mutual support. They share warnings about lechers along the concert circuit. They also share back-up musicians and songs. Drummer Jim Keltner works for Muldaur, Waldman and Raitt. Raitt and Ronstadt compete for Songwriter Eric Kaz's tunes. It is a perfect situation for a catfight, but few take place. Says Ronstadt: "Jealousy cripples you faster than anything." But Muldaur adds, "Don't think I don't check out the pipes of every new chick singer...
...contemporary and bitter rival. Their sudden popularity is a turn of the popular psyche that befuddles the critics, but, in this day of so-called new politics, Elizabeth and Mary's Old World politics remain as fascinating as ever. Four centuries old, history's most famous catfight still reverberates passionately, and every entertainment medium is having a try at retelling...