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DIED. LEWIS GRIZZARD, 47, humorist; from complications following heart surgery; in Atlanta. "A Faulkner for just plain folks" was how one publisher characterized Grizzard, who made hay of everyday angst and irritation in a syndicated column and 14 books -- not to mention on speaking tours and sundry media gigs. The...
The acting also rings true. Michael Madsen, with those dreamboat blue eyes and that Elvis-like carraige that we fell in love with in "Thelma and Louise," drives us crazy as the homicidally insane Mr. Blonde.
Claim to fame: I'm in one of the infamous coed rooming groups in Adams House. And we have this viny1 decor in many different colors with body paint on it. We have a velvet Elvis on our mantlepiece with an axe on the wall hanging over his head.
The 29 cents that we pay for a first-class stamp entitles us to more than a colorful picture of pre-Quaalude Elvis. As citizens of the fruited plain, we deserve to have our mail delivered promptly, not to be penalized simply because we are in college.
-- How real is the threat of renewed inflation? "The same people who worry about inflation saw Elvis a couple of weeks ago," quips New York economist Robert Brusca. Consumer prices last year rose a mere 2.7%, the second smallest increase in the past 18 years; Greenspan himself predicts only 3...