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...States went down hard. The consequences of this tumble were clearly visible when he returned to snow-paralyzed Washington the next day: an ugly purple bruise the size of a silver dollar over his right eye, several bright red scratches on his cheek, a puffy lip and a slight limp. It took the deftest ministrations of his makeup woman to hide the wounds before public appearances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter: Black and Blue | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Last week, sitting in his long, gold-carpeted office overlooking the Capitol, Schlesinger stoutly rejected criticism of his performance. He had his familiar rumpled look, shirttail out, socks limp over his ankles, but as he got up to stand by the window, his tall, flat body looked powerful. "It's convenient to make me the fall guy," he said sourly. Close friends say he is really bored now with his energy job and yearns for his past engagement in foreign affairs or national security. One of them called recently to talk about the price of gas, and all Schlesinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Who Offers Pain | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

Recovering from the ankle ailments for most of last year, the diminutive Meyer spent a frustrating season watching his teammates limp through a disastrous year...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Captain Nemo Leads Harriers From No-Man's Land | 11/1/1978 | See Source »

...Will you giggle helplessly when an assassin hands Sellers a round, black bomb with a sizzling fuse and tells him it's a special delivery package? Again, I plead guilty. How does Edwards get away with this old schtik? By keeping, I believe, his technique straightforward and limp, with no shock-cutting or screwy camera angles to jar us. Most of his shots are familiar medium-close-ups, underscored by Henry Mancini's familiar, likable Muzak...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: PANTHER PUREE | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...Will you giggle helplessly when an assassin hands Sellers a round, black bomb with a sizzling fuse and tells him it's a special delivery package? Again, I plead guilty. How does Edwards get away with this old schtick? By keeping, I believe, his technique straightforward and limp, with no shock-cutting or screwy camera angles to jar us. Most of his shots are familiar medium-close-ups, underscored by Henry Mancini's familiar, likable Muzak...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Panther Puree | 8/18/1978 | See Source »

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