Word: idol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aureole, the dancers are all in white, stark against a backdrop lighting of limpid Mediterranean blue. Taylor, a blond, blue-eyed matinee idol, looks as if he could double as a circus strongman, and the trio of girls accompanying him are Nereids in semidiaphanous slips. The dancers move like sails on a summer sea, now lazing, now racing, sometimes capsizing, then righting themselves as they catch each new breeze of improvisation. There is no story line whatever, but the mood is as artless as love...
Indiana politics is not the only reason to expect a strong conservative push. Student right-wingers throughout the country are taking heart from the increasing popularity of Sen. Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.), long their political idol...
Buddha. Shudder at the spectacle of human sacrifice! Thrill to the dance of the temptresses! Cringe as the prince's eyes are poked out! Weep as the princess commits harakiri! Marvel at the miracle of the thousand lamps! Tremble while the mammoth, four-armed idol splits asunder! Do a double take when Buddha says: "Do not overdo anything...
...last Botvinnik sighed, smiled wanly, and stuck out his hand in concession. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan was Russia's latest sports idol. Fans chanted "Tigran! Tigran! Tigran!" Flower-bearing women fought to plant kisses on his cheeks, and out in Armenia, a set of triplets was named Tigran, Vartan and Petros...
...whole generation has grown up since William Powell was a matinee idol noted for his sophisticated suavity in The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld and My Man Godfrey. Many of today's moviegoers scarcely know him. But less surprising than his fading reputation is the actor's actual survival. Last week in Palm Springs, Calif., Powell observed the 25th anniversary of his operation for cancer of the rectum. And with the same smooth ease that made him a hit on the screen, Powell spoke frankly of an illness and a treatment that most patients and their relatives find...