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...Philadelphia Story, in case anybody missed the film, is about romantic entanglements. Specifically those of dim-witted Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Sarah Halper) and the two men who want her attention: George Kittredge (John Frost), Tracy's ex-husband and, by the end, everybody's hero...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: The Philadelphia Story | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...production, the most apparent flaw is with the character of Tracy. Some of this might be attributable to a slow start on opening night, for Halper did seem to improves as the play wore on. But Halper's performance consistently lacked vocal or facial life and expression. Because Tracy Lord is the central character of the play, this partially flawed performance casts a shadow over the entire production...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: The Philadelphia Story | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

...Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, Va., denied that the furor over his fellow TV religionists would harm his hopes of becoming a Republican candidate for President of the U.S., although there was hearty debate about its effects on his campaign. Referring to Bakker, Robertson said, "I think the Lord is housecleaning a little bit. I'm glad to see it happen." Meanwhile, Robertson had other pressing business. He interrupted his campaign tours to give a deposition in his two libel suits, each for $35 million, against two politicians who said that his late father, Democratic Senator A. Willis Robertson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: TV's Unholy Row | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...good in their lives," he says. I. Delbert Rose, an Idaho freight salesman, is not bothered by the lavish life-style that the Robertses and the Bakkers are said to enjoy. To him, "their rewards should be great, because they've done great things for the Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: TV's Unholy Row | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...States. He is about to swoop down on your towns with balloons (5,000 were released in Columbia with a whoosh and a cheer) and bands (he borrowed the one from Rock Bridge High last week) and old stories (he told one about the verdant farm credited as the Lord's work until the farmer, irked at the preacher, pointed out it had been a mess when God tended it alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Trouper Plays America Again | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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