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ROBERT GRIFFIN, 52, one of Ford's closest advisers, earned new luster and is certain to be a Republican power no matter what happens in November. The Michigan Senator's adept direction of Ford's intricate convention floor operation was praised by the newly nominated President: "Bob, you did it again." Added Tennessee's Baker: "This is Bob Griffin's convention. He is the one who pulled it together...
...hoarders and speculators, gold lately has had about as much luster as a rusty tin can. In the 19 months since gold purchases became legal for U.S. citizens, the price has fallen more than 40% from its peak of $198 an ounce. In three chaotic days of trading last week, gold fell $14 on the London market, reaching a 31-month low of $105.50 an ounce. Though the price recovered to $111 by week's end, that is still a dismal figure for goldbugs, who not long ago were forecasting prices of $300 or more...
...winning six seats, the extraparliamentarians now call themselves Proletarian Democrats. The most prominent of the new in-house revolutionaries is P.D. Deputy Luciana Castellina, sharp-witted feminist journalist. This constellation of new Deputies may not make Parliament any more workable, but at least it should add a little luster to Italy's tarnished political image...
...best traditions of show business, such controversy has only added a certain sinister luster to a reputation that has been growing wildly since the American release, in 1974, of Love and Anarchy. Earlier movies like The Seduction of Mimi and All Screwed Up found their way to theaters and attracted a tenacious following. It all may have to do with the brashness and ambition of Wertmuller's work, the interdependence of its energy and coarseness. Her movies stand in brazen contrast to the homogenized complacency of most Hollywood films. Seven Beauties has pulled down more than...
...with some extra dimensions, squared off against the eloquent Governor Adlai Stevenson, have a large majority of Americans felt they were given a choice between two first-rate candidates, either of whom could lead the nation well. By 1956 both Ike and Stevenson had lost a little of their luster. Since then, more and more Americans have voted with deep misgivings. They have been worried that their own candidate was flawed, or that his opponent would be a disaster-or both. Nixon-Kennedy, Goldwater-Johnson, Nixon-Humphrey, Nixon-Mc-Govern. Increasingly the voters ask: "Are these really the best candidates...