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...Muzorewa firmly denied the familiar charges by Nkomo and Mugabe that he is, in their words, a puppet of Smith's. Said the bishop: "Nkomo negotiated with Smith for three months in 1976 and nobody called him a puppet. He failed, but we have succeeded. Now Nkomo is jealous." Muzorewa believes that once the joint executive council is set up and an amnesty declared for guerrillas, many if not most of the Patriotic Front supporters will desert...
...WEEKS AGO, Finch--riding a wave of grass roots popularity--accomplished what no predecessor in this century had ever done. Finch pushed a bill through the jealous and suspicious Mississippi Senate allowing him to serve two back-to-back four-year terms. In the past, Mississippi governors have perenially pleaded to the state's legislative bodies to pass a constitutional amendment permitting gubernatorial succession, but to no avail--despite the fact that these governors proved they had no ulterior motives by adding clauses insuring that the amendment would only affect future governors, not themselves. Suddenly, Finch is succeeding where...
...Radio City Music Hall [Jan. 16] is especially sad to us who trod its boards over the years as members of the Rockettes, ballet and glee club. I was in its glee club from '37 to '40 and married a member of the ballet. We were all jealous of the Rockettes, for they were the best paid of all the cast. They learned a few routines and used them week after week, while the glee club had to memorize-in three days-30 pages or more of new music each production. Quite often the lyrics were in Japanese...
...capable hands of her husband and accompanies Emilia to New York, intent on supervising her climb to stardom. The impressionable protege soon takes a strong liking to her mentor Emma (who happens to be Emilia's godmother), much to her mother's dismay. Deedee has enough reason to be jealous of Emma for professional reasons without a twist of emotion-charged rivalry for Emma's affection...
...friends claimed he was just a wealthy real estate investor who was harassed by overzealous, even jealous white authorities. Police contended he was the biggest heroin dealer in New York City, maybe in the country. To blacks in his old Harlem neighborhood, Leroy ("Nicky") Barnes, 45, was a legend of defiance and success. What he had he flaunted, and he had a great deal: 300 custom-tailored suits, a string of glamourous women and powerful friends in show business and politics. He drove two Citroën-Maseratis and four Mercedes. Ghetto kids, said a black police detective, "think...