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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...twice as stiff as they are elsewhere, is the unquestioned capital of this gaudy world, and it is assumed that those with the right stuff will return there. In the meantime, says Casablancas, whose wars with the established feudalists did a lot to raise both the price and the gross receipts of modeling in Manhattan, "you send a girl over to Europe who's a little bit heavy, clumsy, a little cataloguish, pretty but not refined. European men are important abrasives in the finishing process; they tend to be male chauvinists, and "although that attitude has its disadvantages here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modeling the '80s Look: The Faces and Fees are Fabulous | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

Endless Love, the Zeffirelli film scheduled for release this GARRY GROSS summer, should answer some of the questions about her acting. She and Actor Martin Hewitt, 19, carry most of the dramatic burden as teen-agers caught in an obsessive love. The director is in ecstasy; he wants to start another film with Brooke (paying her $1 million and a percentage of the profit) as soon as he can. In the meantime, for Brooke, what delights does life hold? "Studies," says Teri firmly. At this point a reporter, digging deep for a question, asks whether there will be a Brooke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Big-League Stunner or Nice Kid? | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...decided to try something specific on their own. Five years ago, a committee began thrashing out the details of how a joint congregation could work. By November 1977, a chapel had been rented and two priests had been recruited: Catholic Raymond A. Barton, now 40, and Episcopalian Donald W. Gross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Two Altars, One Mass | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...govern Holy Apostles and handle disputes, the planners set up a joint council. Music proved troublesome, so the church alternates Catholic chants and contemporary music with the Episcopal hymnal. Barton and Gross take turns preaching and presiding at services and assist each other during baptisms and confirmations. Holy Apostles has developed into a thriving congregation of 300 members, two-thirds of them Catholic. One reason it has not grown faster is that it expects worshipers to do pastoral work; most are active visiting hospitals and prisons and in other part-time ministries. Says Episcopalian Carolyn Pollie, a mother of four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Two Altars, One Mass | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...alterations. Says he: "People had lapels on old suits altered for $35 each instead of paying thousands for a new wardrobe." The first year his shop was open, Despos did $95,000 worth of business. Today he employs his father as a tailor plus three apprentices, and the gross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Engines of Growth | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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