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...circuited his feelings with workaholism, a socially acceptable form of avoidance. Money did not become the sole arbiter of emotions until 1973, when his hippie grandson, Jean Paul III, was kidnaped in Italy. Publicly, the wizened billionaire refused to pay ransom, a sound decision since he had 14 other grandchildren and did not want to set a tempting precedent. But after the boy's freshly detached ear was delivered as a warning, the old man lent young Getty's father, Jean Paul Jr., $850,000 to secure his son's release. The agreement called for a reasonable interest rate...
...color-conscious society. And as far ahead as I can see--in our lifetimes and in the lifetimes of our children and even our grandchildren--we will remain a color-conscious society...
Causing commotion runs in the Reagan family. More than a year ago, First Son Michael made headlines by hinting at differences with his stepmother Nancy and disclosing that the President very rarely sees his grandchildren. Maureen Reagan is, like her father, a conservative, but also has been an outspoken feminist. Her free-spirited half sister Patti Davis, who uses her mother's maiden name, has had tumultuous but unsuccessful careers in acting and music. She has come out with a novel, Home Front, a thinly disguised autobiography about growing up as the daughter of an actor who becomes Governor...
...return to movies about relationships. The mood has changed; the divorce rate is dropping. I see 40-year-old couples standing in movie lines again, for Out of Africa and The Color Purple. Remember, even studio bosses are human beings. They want to be able to tell their grandchildren 'I'm the one who got that made...
...industry backs into the future, some of its brightest minds want it to move forward into the past. The moguls' grandchildren may be watching some genteel drama on a wall-size screen in their living room. Or they may sneak out to catch Romancing the Nile LIV in a high-tech Movierama. Neither answer seems bold enough if this "art form of the 20th century" is to be a vital force in the 21st...