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...down by eliminating exorbitant salaries of city employees, which he says take up 80 per cent of the city's budget as well as providing patronage slots. Duehay also supports environmental and energy conservation. He has served on the council for four terms, and believes he "bridges town and gown" in his understanding of both Cambridge and university interests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Slate: | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...moved out of the Orient with clothes that suggest rollicking pirates (some of his models even wore black eyepatch-es), swashbuckling naval officers, and the Indians of the Raj, decked out in white duck and Nehru caps. Kenzo also displayed some opulent evening wear, notably a blue gown that exposed the model's left breast. (Who needs jewelry?) His fabrics?including linens and striped cottons?are more refined, and his colors eclectically electric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Put-Ons, Take-Offs and Dress-Ups | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard building in the backyard. But unfortunately, this community group lacks the kind of energy it needs to stop it. The fight against the Kennedy Library gained momentum as time wore on and finally succeeded in wearing Harvard out, thus breaking a long string of Harvard victories in town-gown fights. But now it looks like old times again...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: A Waning Battle? | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...Dracula's would-be bride for all of eternity, Ann Sachs is a delectably enticing houri in a negligee, or a slinky gown that might well pass for a negligee. Looking much like a vapid blonde flapper out of a 1920s perfume advertisement, she exudes a musk of sensuality that obviously makes Dracula yearn for more than blood. The rest of the cast is exemplary, and the sounds of baying offstage hounds are ear-tingling. But the show belongs first, last, and almost always to Gorey and Langella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Kinky Count | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...plans for marketing their pictures in a book, and hoped for a foreword by Jimmy. They even had a prospectus put together for publishers and included some sample snaps: Amy on Daddy's knee, Miss Lillian out fishing, Rosalynn on the tennis court, Jimmy in a hospital gown after the birth of a grandchild. Then word got round about how Annette and Jeff were aiming to follow a bit too closely in Brother Billy's enterprising footsteps. Last week the project was quietly dropped. As a member of Rosalynn's staff explained, "They didn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 26, 1977 | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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