Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. Philip Roth's stinging, perceptive 1959 novella has been turned into a slick little film about the glories, detours and tribulations of young love. Director Larry Peerce is often self-indulgent, but he has extracted two attractive performances from Richard Benjamin and a stunning newcomer named Ali MacGraw...
...happening to Ali MacGraw, and it's happening all at once. Until lately, her world had been Manhattan's jungle of models and photographers, boutiques and private discothèques. Now, at 30, her first film role, as Brenda Patimkin in Goodbye, Columbus, has made her the latest heir apparent in a domain that is just as fickle. "I always had a wish, way in the back of my head, that it would happen," Ali says, "but I did nothing about it. You don't do what you don't have...
Wolfe characterizes his beat as the American, "statusphere." In his analysis, Marx has become meaningless when applied to this country. Class distinctions--along the old economic lines--are disappearing. Bikies in Columbus, gamblers in Las Vegas, surfers on the Coast, and nannies in New York are all busily creating their own subcultures. And they are writing their own standards of admission. Conspicuous eccentricity has come to replace conspicuous consumption. Entry into the new cults is often free. To cite just one example, "The kids who start the revolutions on campus are rebelling against the cliques they knew in high school...
...least $250,000 for his release. In announcing the commutation, Rhodes took pains to observe that an investigation he ordered found "no evidence of such payment or promises." But LIFE quotes former officials, including ex-Governor DiSalle, as saying that they were aware of bribe offers from Columbus Mafia Leader Mike DeAngelo, among others. LIFE does not contend that Governor Rhodes accepted a bribe...
...Calkins also began to rise in Cleveland educational circles. In 1961, he told the city's Adult Education Council that it needed to put some enthusiasm into its commitment to educational excellence. In late 1962, he gave a much-publicized speech at the Ohio School Board convention in Columbus...