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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Biton and his pal Bob (Cliff Potts) steal $250,000 from one of the resorts and stash it in a snow-covered cranny. They plan to retrieve it in the spring when the snow melts. But an insurance investigator (Vittorio De Sica) comes around and endangers the whole operation. De Sica spends most of his time wagging his finger and laughing uproariously, for reasons that remain unfathomable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Uphill Racer | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

Jackson said he "does not believe in the system," but he likened it to a car going toward a cliff. "Just as I would try to take over that car and save myself, we must try to take over the system and put it on the right course," he said...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Jesse Jackson Criticizes Aims Of Harvard's Black Students | 2/25/1972 | See Source »

...Partnow's poem instead of saying " 'No comment.' That's so cold and sterile. Just because you're accused, you don't have to act like you're in jail." "Maury [Nessen, the Irvings' attorney] won't like it," jokes Cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Clifford Irvings at Play | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Partnow: "What I think you should do, Cliff, is speak as the writer. You are the conscience of your age." Irving, slowly: "No. Poets speak. Writers write." Then he has a bright idea. "Hyde, why don't we do a phony press conference by phone? I've been with high-priced public relations men all week. I know how it works. You call up seven newspapers and tell them you are Clifford Irving. They will be here with everything in 15 minutes and plug into the Chelsea switchboard. Then you read poetry to them. And even if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Clifford Irvings at Play | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Waldman wants to take pictures of Cliff and Edith, which he knows he can sell. "Oh, let him go ahead," says Edith. She poses behind Cliff, puts her long blonde hair down over his face, snuggles him. Finally the Irvings go back to their own apartment in the hotel. Sherwood: "He is a poet and writer, and I don't care what the facts are. Cliff is telling the truth." Valdi agrees emphatically. Lester and Hyde are not so sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Clifford Irvings at Play | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

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