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...picture is not without incident. As World War I flickers through the Texas consciousness in newsreels and letters from the front, the people of Harrison wage a losing battle against influenza. Horace Robedaux (William Converse-Roberts), a clothier who fell in love with a well-to-do girl, is anxious about being sent to the war; he sees conscription as desertion of his wife Lizzie (Hallie Foote), his infant daughter and the baby on the way. While Lizzie's winsome wastrel of a brother (Matthew Broderick) gets into trouble with gambling debts and a pregnant girlfriend, Horace falls victim...
...participants couldn't return to their church's original meeting house on Mt. Auburn St. which is now occupied by the clothier J. Press...
Cliff is a clothier, Dick runs the moviehouse, Ted is retired. Bill is a school man...On last Thursday morning, Ted thought they all ought to read Machiavelli's The Prince to enlarge their understanding of real political intrigue, a guide to contemporary Washington. If some other, lesser man than Carter were in the White House, thought Ted, we would have had a little army down in Nicaragua by this time, a Machiavellian notion...
There are signs that Norwegians worry about too much socialism. The growing tax burden apparently prompted segments of the working class to vote conservative in the last two parliamentary elections. A more widespread form of protest is tax evasion. One method is to avoid cash transactions whenever possible. A clothier and a farmer, for example, exchange a new suit and a side of beef; a dentist fills the teeth of an auto mechanic in return for a car lubrication. Another method is "black labor." Example: a company wishing to redecorate its offices pays cash for the work, but does...
...found amply attractive. Among the dozens of desirables he has "escorted" have been Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson and Diahann Carroll. He seems unluckier in the bridal suite than in the board room, however. After a celebrated long-term engagement, Diahann turned around and married (briefly) a Las Vegas clothier. And then there was Karen Graham. A Texas-born model and Vogue cover girl, she received the unqualified blessing of David's Mum ("She's just like one of the family") and was about to get Frosted by Billy Graham in Manhattan. Two days before the Big Day, she got hitched...