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But how about Sister Alexandra? The Lady Abbess is said to be the descendant of 14 generations of English aristocrats. She is austerely beautiful, witty and devilishly good at poetry (when the tapes are transcribed, the documents are dotted with the notation: "Poetry deleted"). Crazed, yes; contemptuous of the rest...
For 2½ days last week, Nelson Rockefeller testified before the Senate Rules Committee in order to nail down a job that he had long insisted he would never take. In so doing, Rockefeller, 66, had to answer questions about his personal fortune that he has brushed aside throughout his...
The Girl from Petrovka is a direct descendant of Sally Bowles and Holly Golightly-another kooky waif, whom withdrawn writers find irresistible. Such girls are no better than they should be but-in show biz, anyway-are widely believed to make up with their innocent high spirits what they lack...
Married. Marvin Mandel, 54, Governor of Maryland; and Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey, 37, descendant of one of Maryland's founding families; both for the second time; in a Jewish ceremony in Annapolis. Mandel and his first wife Barbara ("Bootsie"), 54, who for five months refused to leave the Governor'...
The people in the Young Vic Company are as nimble as acrobats and perform with a swinging verve and a broad comic style. The nimblest of all is Dale, a versatile actor, British TV comic and composer (Georgy Girl). In his facial contortions and his airborne, aisle-hopping feats, he...