Word: marilyn
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...immediately after Buchanan's address, Quayle was interviewed on CNN and called it "a great speech." He said, "As a matter of fact, Marilyn and I were talking about it afterward. It was just the kind of speech we had hoped for." There are only two possibilities here. Either this comment is exactly the kind of mindless gushing that stamped Quayle with the image of an idiot -- which he claims is unjustified -- or what he said reflected his considered views on the subject. Which is it? Well, I don't think Quayle is an idiot...
...Benito Mussolini, F.D.R., Richard Nixon, Bessie Smith, Karl Marx, Goya, Roy Cohn, Cassius Clay and one Stella Valenza, a housewife on trial for "hiring three mechanics to rid her of her husband, Felice." To Kempton, the insignificant deserves as much attention as the momentous; he gives the auctioning of Marilyn Monroe's address book the same careful scrutiny as the postcommunism paralysis in Russia. Altogether, Rebellions provides proof of the conclusion reached long ago by its author's many admirers: Murray Kempton possesses one of the most penetrating minds in American journalism...
...less likely to influence Streisand. Even those who find her a maddening perfectionist admit that few performers work harder. A musician who played in her Las Vegas show logged in 60 hours of orchestra rehearsal time, and says Streisand, unlike most singers, was present for almost every minute. Lyricist Marilyn Bergman, who with her partner and husband Alan helped write the script for Streisand's stage show, scoffs at her reputation as a difficult diva. "Barbra never says, 'That's good enough.' People who don't understand or appreciate this process might find it threatening or tiresome...
ADMINISTRATION: Alan J. Abrams, Catherine M. Barnes, Denise Brown, Breena Clarke, Anne M. Considine, Tosca LaBoy, Marilyn V.S. McClenahan, Ann Morrell, Teresa D. Sedlak, Marianne Sussman, Raymond Violini...
...Paul Lussier, Thomas M. Miller, Billy Powers (Associate Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Leah M. Purcell (Designer); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Joe Lertola (Associate Graphics Director); Paul J. Pugliese (Chief of Cartography); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Marilyn Rudnick-Salinger...