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...even passed the unemployment hot potato. Says Brown: "It is the crudest kind of political joke. Celeste and the policies of the '70s have created those unemployment lines." Possibly, but the punch line is that Brown is trailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Governor: Texans William Clements and Mark White | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

White House Chief of Staff James Baker decreed that from now on only the President and Vice President will get their hair trimmed by Pitts in the West Wing. For White House staffers used to in-house cuts, this new inconvenience was surely the crudest snip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snip, Snip | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

...meet on their mutual missions, in a hotel room. For Matthau it is loathe at first sight; for Lemmon it is a last grab at camaraderie before lights out. See how they run on the treadmill of French farce, tripping over each other's discomfort, overdosing on the crudest twists of plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The O.D. Couple | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...visit to New York City last week, he insisted that "Timerman has told the total truth." Said Mignone: "All political prisoners or dissidents have a hard time of it when they are arrested, but the Jews suffer more than the others. They get the worst beatings, the crudest torture, the vilest insults. The important thing about Timerman is that he spoke up; that is the best policy in facing a repressive regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, the Timmerman Affair | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...administrators to majority students to minority students. And he must do all this under the glare of a national spotlight. One professor confided recently that many faculty members--though none dare say so in public for fear of being branded as racist--believe that Bok has gone through the crudest of machinations to win over vocal minority students. In fact, the professor added, it is a favorite topic of private discussions among faculty members. In such an atmosphere, Bok deserves sympathy for his difficult position and praise for his willingness to write open letters...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A Defensive Posture | 3/4/1981 | See Source »

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