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...football. If Schwarzenegger had any of their athletic achievements for his career's foundation, be would outdistance them all. Mark Spitz had the gold medals but was too abrasive, Bruce Jenner has the athletic credibility but little else. Schwarzenegger, the undisputed world champion in his field, is considered a freak, or at best, a novelty...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: 'I knew I was a winner. I just had it in me.' | 11/3/1977 | See Source »

...York literati was the site of a noisy celebration for 200 guests including Humorist S.J. Perelman, Actors Kevin McCarthy and Maureen Stapleton and Cartoonist Charles Addams. "You better feel witty before you enter the place; if not, just listen," cautioned Author Norman Mailer, a self-described "Algonquin freak." Playwright Marc Connelly, 86, the only Round Table regular on hand for the party, obviously felt up to the challenge. Asked if the conversation was as lively now as it was in the old days, Connelly answered without a pause: "Mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 31, 1977 | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...some $832,000, half of which will go to Fast. And Universal Studios has acquired production rights. The studio will probably produce a mini-series out of the books, and the resulting royalties could mean very big money for Fast, who sees his financial success largely as a freak of chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Dreamers | 10/13/1977 | See Source »

When not campaigning, Goodwin keeps busy cleaning up the damage done his trees by a freak blizzard last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Pains and Pleasures of Being Thrown Out at 65 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...PUZZLING that Page only hints at Debby's massive conflicts between sexuality and guilt, since his freak-show depiction of her ward--filled with raving, often violent psychotic women--seems designed to shock, rather than sadden, the audience. Grotesque scenes of Debby burning her arm with a cigarette or a patient writhing with sexual frustration substitute titillation for understanding. Debby's self-mutilation horrifies us, but, ignorant of the roots of her madness, we are spared the terror of recognizing our own insecurity in her self-hate...

Author: By Anna Clark, | Title: Wilted Roses | 9/21/1977 | See Source »

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