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Following those dots there should be a partial list of the 128 shows that Abbott has directed, produced, acted in or written, in whole or part: On Your Toes, Pal Joey, On the Town, Where's Charley?, Call Me Madam, Wonderful Town, The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Fiorello! and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Broadway Birthday | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...Wages Of Sin Ill-gotten or not, the gains of the Mayflower Madam are hers to keep. At issue was some $250,000 in book and TV-movie money paid to Sydney Biddle Barrows for her story as owner of a high-priced Manhattan escort service. Under a New York law passed to keep the "Son of Sam" killer from cashing in on his deeds, criminals cannot profit from their biographies. Barrows, who pleaded guilty in 1985 to promoting prostitution, argued that the law should not apply to victimless crimes like her own. Last week a New York court agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wages of Sin | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

Awareness grows about the phenomenon known as "date rape." -- Money for the Mayflower madam, this time from a book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...Madam," he said, rolling his r's even though there were none in the word, "I will love you forever...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Dollar Diplomacy | 3/21/1987 | See Source »

...already begun to freshen up the office with an honesty and humility rarely seen in political circles. Before her U.S. visit, for example, she exasperated Philippine couturiers, accustomed to the imperial Imelda, by refusing to spend more than $40 on any dress. She still prefers not to be called "Madam," an honorific she feels was stained by the former First Lady. In many ways, in fact, she seems as open as before. Upon learning that a local journalist had won a grant to study in the U.S., the President stunned the woman by calling her up to offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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