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Child guidance is suggested here: some scenes may not be suitable for adults. But for those who suspect maturity is not worth the barbiturates, the new Pink Panther is first-class folderol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bright Clouseau | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

Apart from the photo-grabbing folderol, the top designers-led as usual by Yves St. Laurent-came through with clothes that are both salable and wearable. Trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Fashion and Show Biz in France | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...Susie, the sister, falls in love with a chap disguised as a hobo, who is in fact about to inherit a swanky hotel. Also singing and dancing across the stage are a lessthan-scrupulous lawyer, a Mexican bandit, a stern uncle, a cooing couple and assorted chorus members. The folderol produces no fewer than four marriages, as well as such numbers as "The Half of It Dearie Blues," "I'd Rather Charleston" and "The Man I Love...

Author: By Chris Healey, | Title: Good Enough Gershwin | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...downhome, cardigan style. Even the West, which went overwhelmingly for Ford last November, is now warming to the President. Says Karen Stone, a housewife active in Democratic Party politics in Pacific Palisades, Calif: "There is something I'm beginning to like about Carter. The low-keyed, anti-folderol approach. I still mistrust his Baptist fundamentalist upbringing and the whole thing about his being a Southerner. But I must admit the accent is bothering me less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Pleasures-and Perils-of Populism | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...done-but badly, and too late. By hesitating, Ford angered many Americans, black and white alike. He seemed to be giving in to pressure, including Carter's-hardly helpful to a man who is running as a strong leader. The incident also evoked images of Washington folderol-the ole-boy network of Republican cronies sticking together. Worried one top Ford aide when it was finished: "I'm afraid some people will start wondering how straight a guy, how nice a fellow the President really is." Appearing at the University of Southern California last week, Ford was ridiculed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: EXIT EARL, NOT LAUGHING | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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