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Gathering in the French Quarter for a two-day meeting of the Republican National Committee, G.O.P. leaders found themselves in the thick of a determined stop-George movement. Though the city's pre-Mardi Gras atmosphere was giddily festive, the conclave itself was marked by sober misgivings about the Michigan Governor's ability to speak out clearly on major domestic and international issues. As some of Romney's support began to erode, Richard Nixon, the G.O.P.'s perennial workhorse, began to shape up as its potential dark horse as well. Clearing the Track. The former Vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Hypothesis Unbound | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

...Drop of Another Hat brings Michael Flanders and Donald Swann back to Broadway, for the first time since 1960, in a sprightly Mardi Gras of hilarity. These two Britons are suave, witty, sly, jaunty and civilized; as comics, their mastery of timing would shame a Swiss watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Maharajah & the Cricket | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

...Orleans, for instance, there will be a brunch in honor of one or another New Orleans debutante every Sunday from now through Mardi gras. "I think people got tired of cocktail parties," says Mrs. Max M. Green, who gave a deb brunch at the New Orleans Country Club last week. In Chicago, when ever the Bears play at home, members of the Racquet Club gather for a brunch of Bloody Marys, eggs Benedict, codfish cakes and popovers, before bussing out to the football game. In San Francisco, Trader Vic's restaurant has made a tradition out of the annual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Sunday Brunch | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

They've danced in Acapulco, exchanged smiles at the Sugar Bowl, held hands at the New Orleans Mardi Gras and churned up a lot of heartwarming rumors. The dates with Lynda Bird Johnson, 21, have also churned up oceans of free publicity for Actor George Hamilton, 26. Were the girl's parents put out about that? Beams Lady Bird: "Lynda is going through a sparkling time and I couldn't be happier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 11, 1966 | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...heart was not in it. "Radio," he said with loyalty and conviction, "is better in covering news as it happens. There's so much concentration on the visual aspect of TV news rather than the sound that audiences get more entertainment than information. It is a Mardi gras atmosphere." He disdained Mardi gras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadcasting: Man of Convictions | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

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