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...designer. On one side of the runway sat emissaries from the U.S. heavyweights: Women's Wear Daily (Publisher John Fairchild, Associate Editor Carolyn Gottfried, European Fashion Writer Marian McEvoy), the New York Times (Morris, Carrie Donovan of the Sunday Magazine), the Washington Post (Hyde), the International Herald Tribune (Hebe Dorsey), Vogue (Fashion Editor Polly Mellen) and Harper's Bazaar (Fashion Editor Gloria Moncur). In their hearts they know that however expert they are at fashion journalism, their heft and influence derive primarily from the importance of their publications. Opposite them were the most influential Europeans. Said Dorsey...
...very seedy, hesitant. He'd lost his power. I wasn't afraid of him anymore. His clothes were tacky and not clean. He was no Tom Buchanan, just an old Hebe...
...favor--it was the only way to function. I memorized all the assigned passages, never chewed gum, and wore skirts no shorter than two inches above the knee. I knew she liked me best because she let me fill her water glass. I asked myself the question that Hebe must have asked perennially, "Do I dare fix her drink...
Lear has the sort of temperament that might be described by Archie Bunker as "hebe Hollywood egghead"-or, if Archie knew the word, compulsive. The only eye in the hurricane of activity that he whips up around him each day is the moment when he retires to the men's room for a thorough perusal of the New York Times. One of his two outside interests is writing letters to Presidents and other political leaders on such topics as Viet Nam, the ICBM debate and school desegregation. His voluminous correspondence with four Administrations is filed in a cabinet...
...most striking. Rubinow's capacity for investing his villains with the most detestable and repugnant qualities seems infinite, and it is a shame that Deadeye gives him relatively little scope for this peculiar but essential ability. Also constrained by the minute size of her part, Joan Lucas as Hebe, Sir Joseph's First cousin, neverthless makes character so appealing you find yourself wishing Gilbert had given her more lines...