Word: egos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Moynihan gave 'em hell, but his ego trip alienated our allies...
Actually, the pace is too fast at SN to allow much time for ego. "We literally live the show," says Chevy. "I no longer have a private life." Married at 24 and now divorced, he has a girl friend in California whom he has not seen in two months. NBC executives expect great things of him. Impressed by his bland cheekiness, which suggests the young Bob Hope, they are hyping him as a possible successor to another all-American boy, Johnny Carson. Nothing doing, says Chevy. "I have no desire to spend the rest of my life interviewing actors. That...
...manicurists charge up to $65 for a full art deco hand. The painting and varnishing take up to two hours, and the nails need another hour to dry. Why do they bother to dress up their nails? Explains Paula Johnson: "Most women need something like this as an ego booster. They need people to say, 'How beautiful!' or 'How strange!' " A more practical explanation is advanced by Faye Cummings, a Los Angeles accountant and grandmother who is one of Johnson's regulars. Says she: "You buy a dress for $60 and wear it maybe once...
...elderly, frail spinster Jane Marple who remained her favorite detective. Gifted with as many "little grey cells" as Poirot, Miss Marple also possesses an unpretentious village wisdom and homey psychological insight that make her Agatha Christie's alter ego. Although Poirot is gone, Marple survives for at least a while longer An unpublished manuscript in which she too passes on is locked in the Christie vault, along with the ultimate whodunit, Dame Agatha's autobiography By refusing to publish it during her lifetime, Dame Agatha has assured herself one last, suspenseful hurrah...
...time that their children start to come along, Adams is only vaguely affectionate, so preoccupied is he by public life. As played by that wonderfully energetic actor, George Grizzard, Adams is a man possessed by both a bustling ego and overwhelming idealism. He is saved from pomposity by his ability to take an ironic attitude toward his own excesses. In short, there is a density and richness in this characterization...