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...addition to her U.S. titles, she has won the French Open four times and Wimbledon three. Her total of twelve singles championships in these three tournaments is exceeded only by Margaret Court (with 15) and Helen Wills Moody (19). In these most prestigious tournaments, she has never failed to reach the semifinals, winning 145 matches and losing just 14. She has held the world's No. 1 ranking in six of the nine years she has played as a professional. Says Martina Navratilova, one of the few foes to challenge Evert Lloyd successfully over the years: "Billie Jean King...
...showing at Cinema 1: The Eye of the Nazi, with Donald Sutherland-adventures of the famous German spy known as "Der Nazi"; at Cinema 2: Arlene, with Bernadette Peters and Helen Hayes-zany alcoholic millionairess cavorts with foul-mouthed maid; at Cinema 3: Blow Dry ("Murder has a wave of its own")-hair stylist overhears plot to murder the memory of Alfred Hitchcock...
...veteran stage and film actor and a two-tune Oscar winner for his supporting roles in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979); of pneumonia; in New York City. The son of Russian-born Concert Pianist Edouard Hesselberg, Douglas made his Broadway debut in 1928. In 1931 he married Actress Helen Gahagan, who later became a noted political activist and Congresswoman from California. After establishing himself as a suave, romantic leading man during the 1930s and 1940s by playing opposite such stars as Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Gloria Swanson (Tonight or Never) and Joan Crawford (A Woman's Face), Douglas shifted...
First published in Argentina in 1961, this long novel had to wait nearly 20 years for a suitable English translation (by Helen R. Lane) and a willing U.S. publisher. In the meantime, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas confirmed Ernesto Sábato's home-grown reputation as one of South America's leading writers and, when translations began spreading, brought him world-class praise. It is good that English-speaking readers can finally join this celebration and sad that they must come so late. Some of the novel's topicality has dimmed over the years; memories...
...kick off a final drive for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Only one year remains until the deadline set by Congress. Supporters of ERA chanted in New York, prayed in Atlanta, held candlelight vigils in Fort Lauderdale. The stars came out in Los Angeles (Singer Helen Reddy), in Boston (Author Jules Feiffer) and in Denver (former First Lady Betty Ford). In Washington, D.C., a crowd of 2,500 cheered when Actor Alan Alda declared: "You don't have to be conservative to be against ERA, you just have to be wrong...