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...virtually an arrested adolescent. It also camouflaged facts that Hitchcock judged inimical to commercial success: that he took himself seriously as an artist, and that almost all of his work addressed itself, metaphorically, to the most sober existential questions. To use a clich?ppropriate to a man of his girth, he was determined to eat his cake and have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Master of Existential Suspense | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

Billy Hobbs, '71, heavyweight rowing silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics, slaps his significant girth, smiles and says, "This is a change in strategy...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Battle of (Aging) Titans | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...recast. Realizing that John Belushi's maniacal Bluto is irreplaceable, the series' creators have wisely retired him from action. In Delta House, Bluto has fled Faber forever, to be succeeded by a younger brother known as Blotto. Josh Mostel, who plays the sibling, shares Belushi's girth but is otherwise attempting to create an "animal" of a different stripe. Where Bluto guzzled beer, Blotto guzzles beer bottles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Princely Palaces, Animal Houses | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...search for charisma, plus the near-universal insistence on a "pastoral" Pope, concentrates continued attention upon Corrado Ursi, 70, a popular shepherd in Naples whose easygoing air and ample girth inspire repeated comparison to Pope John XXIII. Close behind him in the early discussions is Salvatore Pappalardo, 60, also an effective pastor in Sicily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Light That Left Us Amazed | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...women. These speeches are used to indicate the large feminine component in Strindberg's nature of which he was fully aware and which he wished to exorcise through a bludgeoning masculinity. In one scene, Strindberg asserts his potency in a comically insecure way, descanting on the length and girth of his sexual member in inches-not in millimeters, oddly enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Marriage Pit | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

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