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...hunter is keener than a best-selling novelist on the prowl for a bankable plot. So when Jacqueline Susann said that she had always wanted to write about "women in their prime who lose their husbands by death or divorce," the results were predictable. The current Ladies' Home Journal contains a 15,000-word novelette (Dolores) that reads -well, like art imitating life. Pantherlike Dolores Cortez is widowed when her handsome Irish American husband, U.S. President Jimmy Ryan, is struck down in mid-term by a heart attack. Struggling to make ends meet on $30,000 a year...
...Allen's appeal, of course, is the schlep, the cumsy neurotic from Brooklyn who's always victimized but likeable. The endearment generally doesn't trigger pathos, however, as with Chaplin (although Allen's capable of that). he shuns the universal in favor of something more contemporary, more esoteric, keener. The source of pleasure is the basic I-thought-I-was-messed-up-but-look-at-this-guy response--a comforting thought. But you never feel sorry for him. He understands somehow where he would be if life treated him better, and he is never lost, never helpless. He always...
...world's total. Feisal's oil wealth has made him a combination banker and big brother to the Arab nations. He also commands special respect among the world's 471 million Moslems because his kingdom embraces Islam's two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Feisal has a keener understanding of the West than most Arab leaders, and since he became king nine years ago, his relations with Europe and particularly the U.S. have been good...
Kelley (see box next page) seems to have a far keener appreciation of the FBI'S nonpolitical role than did the hapless L. Patrick Gray III, who failed to get Senate confirmation as FBI director because of his cozy cooperation with the White House in the Watergate investigation...
...system, no Texas cattle would be allowed into Europe. If Japanese shipyards threaten American shipyards, ways will be found to protect the American yards." Sweden's Pehr Gyllenhammar, president of Volvo, agreed that it is uncomfortable to be invaded by the products of a country that has a keener competitive edge. "But," he asked, "will the U.S. recognize that because of its loss of competitive ability, it will continue to be invaded by the Japanese and others...