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...Dream, Thomas Meehan offers a Carrollian nightmare in which the Misses Chaplin, Sumac, Gardner, Gabor, et al., and the Messrs. Eban, Ehrenburg, Betti, etc., are introduced to Miss Hagen, the actress: "Uta, Yma; Uta, Ava; Uta, Oona; Uta, Ona; Uta, Ida; Uta, Ugo; Uta, Abba; Uta, Ilya; Uta, Ira...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laughing Matter | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...outlets. New York City's Bergdorf Goodman stopped carrying Halston clothes when it discovered that the designer had created a line of clothing for J.C. Penney that included $100 dresses (compared with $1,000 to $2,000 for a typical Halston dress at Bergdorf's). Says President Ira Neimark: "We decided that designers and retailers have to decide who their customers are. Halston made his decision, and we have made ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off-Price but on Target | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...region of the country seems immune from that interaction. In North Miami, Ira and Ruth Gordon coax their friends to shuffle through their memories. Says Ruth Gordon: "Every couple we've ever invited over to play the game has bought it the next day." Nancy Spencer, a devotee of the game from Clifton, Va., claims, "It's better than charades, and that's hard to beat." She adds, "It's only frustrating when the kids know more than you do." In Hollywood, where game playing is sometimes the most exigent art form, Trivial Pursuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Let's Get Trivial | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

...four. Christopher Kirby, a consumer-electronics analyst for the Sanford C. Bernstein investment firm in New York City predicts that one-fourth of the arcades still open in the U.S. will be forced out of business within a few years. Sales of new machines to the parlors have stalled. Ira Bettelman, vice president of a major arcade-game distributor in Los Angeles, complains of being burdened with inventories of "flops," like Congo Bongo, which he now sells for 40% of its original $2,500 price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games Go Crunch! | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

Children of mothers who smoke averaged 4 or 5 percent less lung capacity than normal, said Dr. Ira B. Tager, leader of the research team. This condition has been linked to respiratory problems that occur later in life, the researchers concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mothers Who Smoke | 10/14/1983 | See Source »

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