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...this fascinating, perverse study, Albert Goldman struggles to take Presley beyond the familiar Late Show caricature. But the author's attempt, like his earlier Ladies and Gentlemen-Lenny Bruce!!, is filled with portentous speculations and lofty pronouncements about the American Dream and its dreamers. What Goldman does provide, however, is a telephoto focus on life behind the mansion wall of Presley's Graceland. Like the histories of those two other native recluses, Howard Hughes and Hugh Hefner, Presley's private existence was a medley of ritualistic fetishes. The public persona, however, was pure stagecraft...
...problem is at times we're gentlemen," Ford said of the booters' lack of midfield play, adding that his chargers "could be more aggressive...
...Harder They Come and Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones--Friday and Saturday at 12:10 a.m.; with Richard Pryor Live in Concert at 12:15 a.m.; Orson Welles Cinemas
...household word--The Rat, for instance. Students would love him--they could use the "Miscellaneous" stub in their coupon book for admission. And the crowning moment would come when Bok, perhaps dressed in cap-and-gown, stands on the stage and proclaims, in that inimitable stentorian voice: "Ladies and Gentlemen--and distinguished guests--the Rolling Stones...
...preoccupied," Meese responded. "Now let's get started, gentlemen. As you know, the president is going on television tomorrow night to discuss the economic program...