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Since then he has been on the boob tube like a teen-ager's idol. The only trouble is, he comes over with as much umph as a dish of grits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 22, 1978 | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

ENGAGED. Donny Osmond, 20, squeaky-clean teen idol and entertainer who with his sister is host of one of television's most successful variety shows, The Donny and Marie Show; and Debra Glenn, 19, a freshman at Brigham Young University; after a proposal in a Mormon temple in Honolulu, where Donny is making a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 8, 1978 | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...retreated into a psychopathic silence, and Jimmy J., expelled from college, is telling her the plot of Rebel Without a Cause. It does little to perk up her spirits. Undaunted by the misery that he has caused, this idiot climbs on his motorcycle and heads for his idol's haunts in California. Doubtless he toils even now in the movie industry, approving projects like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Howling Dog | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...analysis. Rehearsals became long and exasperating. They argued about the meaning of different positions. He: "It's arabesque, it's position." She: "No, it can be different in every ballet." There was also some competitive brain-picking. Gelsey sought the secrets of the Kirov's impeccable style; Misha, whose idol is Balanchine, wanted tips on the master's techniques...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: U.S. Ballet Soars | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...destitution and its unstable political situation, India is the only place where he could best develop his art. Everywhere are indications of ancient religions and the traditions. Sacred cows walk the streets, shrines are at the feet of Bombay streetlamps, most homes have puja (worship) rooms and an idol of the household deity. People are named after characters in the Vedic scriptures...

Author: By Judith E. Matloff, | Title: The Sound is God | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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