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Dull Work. In the other moods, though, his thoughts drift off-to one of his pet projects, perhaps, or to the South Seas. "Being in Tetiaroa gives me a sense of the one-to-one ratio of things," he says. "You have the coconut in the tree, the fish in the water, and if you want something to eat, you somehow have to get it." Brando still seems to need, as a friend once said, "to find something in life, something in himself, that is permanently true, and he needs to lay down his life for it." The pity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Self-Portrait of an Angel and Monster | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

Dean Dunlop's resignation yesterday to become head of President Nixon's Cost of Living Council should come as no surprise to those who know Dunlop well or to anyone familiar with the drift of University politics over the past year and a half...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Dunlop Heads For Nixon's Washington | 1/12/1973 | See Source »

...white and lives with a Manhattan bound groupte cum socialite Generally boisterous and malcontent Fogarty has only two bright sports amidst the soiled sheets and barroom props that upholster his life his son and his sex. His relationship to these the sole objects his reserence, is the main drift of the stors...

Author: By Alice VAN Buren, | Title: Three Dogs With a Spoiler | 1/12/1973 | See Source »

...other hand, Beryl Sprinkel believes that the rate of money growth this year "will be in the 5% range, which will promote a lesser rate of rise in the gross national product in the latter part of the year than in the first part." Interest rates will probably drift up somewhat, but there is unlikely to be a repeat of the "credit crunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PREVIEW OF 1973: The Delights and Dangers of a Boom | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

...real possibility of making concessions to the world outside the door. Once again, George speaks for the band; he sits in a living room lit only by the television, surrounded by guitars, music, and friends. The hockey game clicks away; the strains of the new electric organ drift downstairs; some of the children, or "rats" wander through the open door; this is home...

Author: By Peter Southwick, | Title: 'It's Easier To Promise Than To Try' | 12/13/1972 | See Source »

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