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...unexpectedly, in the early morning, I will imagine an extraordinary woman-lush and lavish and lovely-and . . ." Many a man's early-morning fantasy may look quite a bit like Elizabeth Taylor. But few could go on, as did Richard Burton when he saw the latest photograph of Liz: "I will reach out with my hand and find the reality of the dream woman. She exists, and lo and behold, she is alive. She is warm. She responds. She murmurs. She weeps. She is wild. She is dangerous. But sometimes, like this photograph, she will come running...
...CALL her Liz, she asked, or Sister Elizabeth, anything but Sister Lizzie, which everyone calls her, and makes her sound so young. Her father, a prosperous contractor who is now dead, and her mother came from Ireland in the early '20s; she was a twin in a family of nine. There is scant sympathy at home for her work in the peace movement. When her youngest brother brought the bail money to free her last week, he told her that the family thought that she had probably done everything the Government charged her with "and a lot more things...
...slothful," said Elizabeth between takes. "I'm so bloody lazy. I think I should retire. I should quit and raise cats." But would that be enough to support the family autos? The Shepperton Studios parking lot is enhanced these days by a green Rolls-Royce belonging to Liz, a black one owned by Caine-and a white model registered in the name of Richard Burton, who was in London filming Villain...
Tries Hard. On the other hand, the distaff White House press corps gives Connie credit for holding twice-weekly press briefings, something that Liz Carpenter, Lady Bird's press secretary, did only on big stories and Mrs. Van der Heuvel never did. She works twelve-hour days at her $30,000-a-year job, without the tranquilizers used by Mesdames Carpenter and Van der Heuvel. And unlike her West Wing counterpart, Ron Ziegler, Connie attempts to answer all questions, though she does not hesitate, with a theatrical roll of her eyes, to show her disapproval of certain queries. Because...
...adviser. She is establishing her mark as one of the Administration's liveliest hostesses by trying to make her parties more like those of the Democrats, who are generally conceded to have more fun. "I read about those Democratic soirees in the papers," says Ann Ward. "Like that one Liz Carpenter gave the other day for Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey ?and I think 'How different. They really are different...