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Married. W.C. Fields III, 32, assistant United States Attorney; and Linda Weibach, 26, his former secretary; in the City of Brotherly Love, which his late grandfather, the curmudgeonly film comedian, loved to twit-as in the epitaph he wrote for his tombstone: "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia...
...back from profundity to close out his novel with a twist as old as one of O. Henry's. Still, it works, just as almost everything by Delderfield works. Who else could write a bright and brassy bit of entertainment that doubles as an old pro's epitaph on his own genre...
...that a lot of experts overlooked the important role of the automobile. The incredible mobility of the American worker destroyed the conventional theories. Added a White House economic strategist, "Unemployment statistics can no longer be used as an index of hardship." For this season anyway, that may be the epitaph of the old jobs issue as politicians have known and loved...
Meanwhile, Hollywood will also take a closer look at the departed billionaire. Last week Warner Bros, announced that it would make a movie about Hughes, starring Warren Beatty. The project has been secretly under development for about a year under-what could be a better epitaph?-the code name "Operation Phantom...
...agent full of "power of positive thinking" jargon, he soon reduces everyone either to tears or hysterics. Unwittingly, he unmasks torpedoed marriages, a joyless adulteress (Cheryl Kennedy), blasted careers, lacecurtain carnage. When Colin, played with demonic dexterity by Richard Briers, finally leaves, one of the survivors utters a suburban epitaph: "Nice to sit with your friends now and again. Nice...