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...with them, perhaps, some of the richness of her voice. Shortly after World War II, when she was on the verge of fame as a singer in Verona and Venice and finally Milan, she weighed so much (more than 200 Ibs. at one point) that she refused to sing Madama Butterfly simply because she felt she looked ridiculous for the part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Smoky Voice, A Fiery Lady | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

Instead of breaking the bottles, kids can return them for cash, just as we once did years ago. Kids aren't foolish, not when there's good pocket money just lying on the ground. John Madama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Answering Question Six | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

When Susan Seaforth Hayes was four, she played the soon-to-be-orphaned child named Trouble in Madama Butterfly in Los Angeles. It was a prophetic debut. At 32, Susan is still jerking tears. For seven years, she has been the troublemaking Julie of Days of Our Lives whose voluptuous cleavage and lustrous black eyes get her every guy in Salem except the one she really wants -Doug Williams. Fate has kept Julie from Doug- a torture that regularly throws her into despair and hysteria. For her performance, however, Susan rates nothing but hyperbole. Says Joan Blondell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Soaps' Hottest Lovers | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...consider other possibilities as well. For example, they might recommend Fidel Castro, who startled the diplomatic world during his last visit to the United States by staying in a Harlem hotel instead of the Waldorf-Astoria. Or they might follow their predecessors of two years ago and consider Madama Binh. If they prefer to limit themselves to Americans, the seniors have a less charismatic but still meritorious group to choose from. Roger Baldwin '04, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, will probably be in town for Commencement anyway. Henry Aaron may be swinging through, too, now that...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Choosing A Heavyweight | 3/14/1975 | See Source »

Socialist Gains. Finding political accommodation that would lead to reforming the coalition was more difficult because of recently shifting power balances. Scarcely hours before the Villa Madama summit, results were announced from regional elections on the island of Sardinia, 125 miles out in the KEYSTONE Mediterranean. Socialists and Communists had been expected to win handsomely and they did, thus continuing a national voting trend to the left that became obvious last month in a referendum over retaining Italy's divorce law. On Sardinia the two leftist parties drew abreast of the Christian Democrats for the first time since World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Not-So Dolce Vita | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

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