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...Garrison) is the shysterish Samovar the Lawyer. Chico (Frank Lazarus) is a larcenous tongue-in-cheeky footman to the imperious Mrs. Pavlenko (Hewett), the Dumont role. Perfectly at ease as Harpo, Priscilla Lopez is a creature from another planet, who at one wonderfully zany moment plucks out the inevitable harp solo on the spokes of an upside-down bicycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pixyland | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...commission's proposed visit to the embassy was a condition "imposed by the criminal government of the U.S.," and that Iranian government leaders did not really want the visit to take place. Nonetheless, they said, the Iranian government had been exerting "intolerable pressure" on them. "The government leaders harp on the theme that we are weakening them and that we are a state within a state." So, said the students, they were washing their hands of the whole affair. "Our responsibility for the hostages is over. We will turn over the spies to the Revolutionary Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Tug-of-War over the Hostages | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...understand their odd way of bantering: "Daisy Valensky, you have the makings of a first-class bitch somewhere inside that glorious exterior." The untrained ear probably misses all kinds of nuances there. What to make of Daisy's typical dialogue: "Pants? What about your good black crepe Holly Harp pants?" Clearly, the only way to see Daisy as something other than a simp is to plunge recklessly, "fast as a leopard . . . passionate as a puma," into her world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Flower Child | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...future history above is representative, but there's more. A lot more. The first interview with a dolphin. The Great Wall of China goes on tour. An excerpt from David Halberstam's next opus. The cancer cure (repeatedly strike the head of baby harp seals of Prince Edward Island and extract the unique harp seal acetylocholine). And, announced on March 29, 1982, the discovery of the scrotal orgasm. Take your time. You get the idea. Fun, light, cute Good to have, but not to buy. I got it free...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Great Expectations | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...ownership. Chairman Howard B. Johnson, 47, announced last week that an agreement in principle had been reached to sell the chain's 1,040 restaurants and 520 motor lodges to Imperial Group Ltd., a tobacco, food, beer and packaging conglomerate whose famous brands include Players cigarettes and Harp lager. The bundle from Britain will be $630 million, or about $28 per share for each of the U.S. firm's approximately 22.5 million shares; just before the announcement the stock was selling at about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Name Acquired, Another Retired | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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