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...also in television develop a manner to go with the act-William F. Buckley Jr., arch and fastidious; James J. Kilpatrick, full of pretend bluster. When Kilpatrick takes the conservative side against Shana Alexander on CBS's 60 Minutes, their genial volleys are reminiscent of Robert Frost's definition of free verse-like playing tennis with the net down. Such show-biz parodies suggest a network's fear of the bite of real contention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH: Polemics with a Satisfying Zap | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...away as Mexico City. Sometimes they are met at the airport by a 1939 Rolls-Royce belonging to Joe Brand, who owns three Laredo clothing stores. Other wealthy Mexicans fill empty suitcases with $195 suede handbags or $105 men's loafers from the Gucci boutique in the Frost Bros. department store. Says Gary Payne, general manager of the Laredo Chamber of Commerce: "The Mexicans don't even look at the price. That's their last priority. They want quality, fashion and availability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Border Boom | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...take human lives as swollen rivers flood towns (this year's toll: at least 900 dead, 3 million homeless). Reversing themselves after an autumn lull, the winds return, this time from the northeast, carrying cool, relatively dry air. Building to gale force in northeast Asia, they sometimes bring frost to tropical Hong Kong. In Southeast Asia, after sweeping the sea, they bring vital rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mighty Monsoon | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...first extravagant praise," he notes, "kills writers like frost. Whom the gods would destroy, they first oversell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cracks Wise and Otherwise | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...Tony Frost...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Vermont Freezes Icemen, 7-4 Crimson Record Now at 3-5 | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

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