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...vice president of a Japanese consulting firm in Virginia, was unruffled at the Manassas battle, as was proper for a Union officer sent down from Washington to view the fighting from a distant hill. He wore dark blue woolen trousers, suspenders, an officer's jacket, a sword and a Colt .44-cal. Army-model revolver of the type issued to officers before 1862 --in all, about $500 worth of gear. His interest was in the historical significance of the battle, which saw the first appearance of rifled cannons and the first movement of troops into battle by rail. "None...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Bang, Bang! You're History, Buddy | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

...Colt 47 revival type of concert," says 350th publicist David Sanders. Colt 47 was club in Harvard Square during the 50s and 60s where many folk singers played and got their start...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: All That Glitters | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...circle at a wonderful canter, Shoemaker misted like an old golfer (Shoe is a 12 handicap). "Old Jack Nicklaus did it," he said, "and I did it too. I thought that I might have one more chance to win the Derby. When Charlie showed me this big juicy colt last year, he told me, 'Here's one I'm going to save for you. We might have some fun with him.' " The British beer guzzler Bold Arrangement took a lovely second and hurried away with a foaming head to the 205-year-old "real Derby" at Epsom Downs next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fresh Roses for Shoe | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

Henry (Andrew Bakalar), a playwright, leaves his actress-wife Charlotte (Ellen Harvey) for Annie (Beth Colt), another actress, who leaves her actor-husband Max (Tim Fleck) to marry Henry. The irony for the audience is that we've already seen this happen in one of Henry's plays...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Not Quite `Classic' | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

...Billy, a young actor who seduces Annie as she spirals away from marital bliss, Allie Dreier is wholesomely lecherous. And Ellen Harvey gives a truly nonchalant and terribly British performance as Charlotte, Henry's cuckolded ex-wife who refuses to act cuckolded. Of the more major players, Beth Colt lacks conviction as Annie, but more than compensates with her stage presence and ethereal beauty...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Not Quite `Classic' | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

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