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...more comfortable stardom. Their first rehearsals were "nothing special, almost dull," as Manilow recalls them. "I played and she sang. But then we did it in front of an audience. She came downstairs in this turban and an outfit that could have come from my grandmother's closet. She was a tornado of energy and talent. I was six feet away, and this vision was one of the thunderbolts in my life." Another fan-Aaron Russo, signed on as Midler's manager in 1971, while she was still at the Baths, and they briefly were lovers. Their eight-year affiliation...
Housing is dear in London, but $60,000 for a broom closet? That was the asking price for a 5 1/2-ft. by 11-ft. room on Princes Court opposite Harrods department store in the affluent Knightsbridge section of the city. Though the cubicle had indeed been a broom closet, it was gussied up with a concealed kitchen sink, Laura Ashley wallpaper and a tiny window...
...cash- rich foreigners, most notably Arabs and Americans, and well-paid fugitives from the so-called "stockbroker belt" south of London who want to reduce the time they spend commuting to and from their offices in the city's revitalized financial district. An offer to buy the $60,000 closet was made by a woman who was weary of commuting to the capital from a bedroom exurb, but the wave of publicity caused her to withdraw her bid. Explained her real estate agent: "She is a very shy lady and wants to keep out of the public...
...dope addict' -- that we've lived with for the past 20 years and stick them in the movie about Viet Nam." Says another veteran, Nick Nickelson, 43: "I hope this doesn't bring back those old depictions. God help us, I don't want to go back into a closet again...
...true picture of the States. I hated America. I would have joined the Black Panthers if they'd asked me. I was a radical, ready to kill." Back home his mother noticed the change: "As a little boy he was impeccable. He had his valet; his closet was immaculate. But when he returned he was a mess, always leaving things on the floor. He was a different...