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LeRoy is best known for the improbably named Maxwell's Plum, an art nouveau extravaganza on Manhattan's East Side that has been S.R.O. since its opening in April 1965. Characteristically, he calls it "the longest-running show in town"-it caters to as many as 1,500 people a day. Plum is at once a singles nirvana and an excellent restaurant, though it is so constructed that the noise from the bar constantly blasts into the dining area-making it a good place to take guests to whom one has nothing to say. Last month Warner extended...
...crumpled about him in pain on the track, Jenner jogged, danced and leaped through his victory lap. Then embracing his tearfully grinning wife Chrystie, he exulted: "It's all over. We did it!" With the single-minded ambition that distinguishes Olympic champions-a characteristic that the two-week extravaganza in Montreal brought vividly to an audience of a billion people-the 26-year-old Jenner had achieved a goal set four years ago at Munich: that he would beat Soviet Champion Nikolai Avilov...
...real blast, a superbash, a party unlike any other party, ever. It stretched from coast to coast, from dawn to the small hours and then some-a glorious and gigantic birthday wingding that mobilized millions for a gaudy extravaganza of parades and picnics, rodeos and regattas, fireworks and other festivities too numerous to catalogue. It was an altogether fitting celebration of the 200th anniversary of America's independence, and perhaps the best part of it was that its supreme characteristics were good will, good humor and, after a long night of paralyzing self-doubt, good feelings about...
...expense and expanse of the trial point up a growing anomaly of justice in the U.S. Angela Davis' trial cost California $1.2 million. Daniel Ellsberg's federal prosecution tab has been estimated at as much as $3.5 million. The Patty Hearst extravaganza cost at least $480,000 in Federal Government funds, plus whatever the Hearsts themselves paid. Joan Little's supporters had to raise a $300,000 defense fund, while the state of North Carolina spent at least as much. "The irony is that you have criticism of these expensive and prolonged trials; on the other hand...
...long hot summer of the TV tube. From the Bicentennial blitz to the last flicker of the Republican Convention, the OFF knob will never get a chance. Midway through this sizzling season is the sports fan's ultimate midsummer's dream: 74 hours of Olympian extravaganza...