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...also has ambitious ideas of taking over a major studio some day, or. failing that, starting one. "If you are a man of passions." he said passionately last week, "out here they label you a kook. a Commie, or an angle player." With head characteristically lowered, fists clenched, he went on: "I am a leader. I think. I can. I act. I want to lead with what I believe to be the truth. It makes me feel good inside. If I am an angle player, that is my angle." The fists unclenched and the lowered eyes raised slowly, effectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: David in Gomorrah | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

...appearances. The Clan last week behaved with admirable propriety. Frankie wore his hairpiece, snarled at not more than one photographer, and offered to sing a solo at the convention (offer declined). Pee-tah wore conservative grey suits and tried not to be conspicuous (Den Mother Shirley MacLaine, a kook in her own right, was for Adlai, so she did not count). Naturally, there were gala parties. Frankie sang new words to All the Way: May I be emphatic? I'm Italian Democratic- All the way. I know it sounds cutting, But we've had enough of putting-Night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Meanwhile, in Hollywood | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

...gracious gentleman. Professionally, Nobel Prizewinner Pauling, professor of chemistry at Caltech, is recognized as one of the world's most eminent scientists. Politically, Pauling's naive flirtation with the left has made him a highly controversial figure, viewed by many as a kind of kook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: He Believes ... | 7/4/1960 | See Source »

...Chop the old college tie off of the kook that is promoting this Ivy League claptrap and send him west of Pennsylvania for a few months. In this part of the country only the fainthearted who fear being turned down by Rice apply for admission to Harvard, Princeton or Yale. TOM SCOTT Amarillo, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 13, 1960 | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...kook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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