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...White House driveway there was something close to a traffic jam. Scarcely had the Shah of Iran driven away in his flag-bedecked limousine than Australia's Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pulled up to the door. Yet even as Whitlam walked out the door, he could see that disk-of-the-sun flags were already flying for the next official guest, Japan's Kakuei Tanaka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Traffic Jam | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

...more richly idle colony of Newport, R.I. Otherwise, no emerald-cut stone was left unturned to ensure authenticity in re-creating Gatsby's lavish parties. The set was Rosecliff, a villa designed in 1902 by Architect Stanford White. The Packards and Mercers and Rolls-Royces lining the driveway were lovingly polished antiques. The gowns were late 1920s originals, and the million-dollar armature of jewelry was certified Cartier. It was only fitting, therefore, that among the 500 extras chosen for their "air of bored arrogance" there were more than a dozen scions of Newport's finest families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Wanted: Aristocrats, $1.65 Per Hour | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

Nettles Island is one of five camps run by Outdoor Resorts of America. With its neatly manicured drives, Nettles looks like a modern suburban development, except that the houses all have wheels. The parking sites are concrete rectangles, each with a short driveway, gate lamp, concrete table, benches and small lawn. From the trailers, plastic tubes stretch like umbilical cords into the underground sewage facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Roughing It the Easy Way | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

...also serves Zinnemann's subject well. In his handling of such a routine matter as an official car wheeling into the driveway of a ministry, or its occupant proceeding on his way up the stairs to his appointment, he tersely demonstrates the pomposity of power and its near impotence when confronting the anarchic brilliance of the Jackal. These darting insights in turn are emphasized by the quick restlessness of the killer's movements and the move ments of the camera as it follows him on his devious path toward his intended victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Zinnemann's Day | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

Meanwhile, as if to ensure that Level Cross will not be cheated out of a worthy successor, the Petty children were busily racing up and down the driveway in miniature gas-powered cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the Road II | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

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