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There is nothing on the Rosie O'Donnell Show to upset the stomach--no ill-kempt yokels flaunting their unseemly moral transgressions ("Stripped at uncle's bachelor party"). O'Donnell has modeled her syndicated show, which was launched last week to winning ratings, partially after those of cozy entertainers Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas. "What I liked about Mike Douglas," O'Donnell says, "is that everyone who came on his show appeared to be his friend. No one looked nervous." And indeed, O'Donnell is anything but intimidating...
...combatants gathered on a vast field. At one end, an ill-kempt mob is armed mainly with monkey wrenches and backyard barbecue forks. At the other end is a neat line of arrogant-looking men in red suspenders, ready to defend themselves with squash racquets. Behind them, their leader sits erect on a Trojan horse, wearing two powdered wigs. There is silence. Then the air is pierced by a maniacal giggle...
When you enter the office of James D. Chung '88 at 127 Mt. Auburn St., you know that he is no ordinary college student. This gray and white Victorian building across the street from the Post Office isn't luxurious, but it is well-kempt, and Chung's college market consulting firm rents an office there several times larger than most Harvard dorm rooms...
...leadership, from the lieutenant up to the mayor. I think it is possible to control such a situation with effective and tight leadership." Instead, Daley did nothing but encourage force by making it clear long before the convention that he considered the protesters to be an ill-kempt, subversive and alien breed to whom the city would not yield an inch. And in the wild melees shown on TV, few officers seemed to be around to urge a more temperate attitude...
Gunn. In his day (1958-61), he was so cool that frost used to form on his dialogue. His wardrobe was so kempt that he had creases in his sweaters. Anyone who hired Private Eye Peter Gunn knew he was getting the real TV goods: come-what-mayhem, brisk backchat, and a solid Henry Mancini score between the commercials...