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Sisterhood was there in full force, and also some brotherhood. To raise funds for the faltering Equal Rights Amendment, Shirley MacLaine, Bella Abzug, Carol Burnett, Robert Altman, Chevy Chase, Norman Lear and 300 or so others dined on chicken and chili at Mario Thomas' place in Beverly Hills. "It's a life and death struggle,"' boomed Abzug. Burnett declared: "I've always been apolitical, but this is a moral issue." Besides, as she says, "I have an investment in the future. I have three daughters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 26, 1978 | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...Mario Puzo, author (The Godfather): "I find that the only thing that really stands up, better than gambling, better than booze, better than women, is reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 26, 1978 | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...month when a court-appointed psychiatrist asked what he planned to do at the sentencing? "I know, but I'm not telling," he had replied. It sounded, thought some, as if he were planning his outrageous performance. "This will be the third psychiatric report," complained Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola. "Where will it go? Where will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Son of Sam Returns | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...Wisconsin and Richardson Preyer of North Carolina, have been cold-shouldered by many colleagues because of the legislation. Some call Preyer "Chairman Mao," as if he were a dictator regulating their lives. According to Obey, the only time recently that he has got a smile from New York Democrat Mario Biaggi was when an untrue rumor circulated that Obey was retiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Awful Timing | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...week began with yet another of the terrorists' communiqués, this one demanding the release of 13 leftist prisoners in exchange for Moro. Among those on the list: Red Brigades Chieftain Renato Curcio, 37, now on trial in Turin for armed insurrection, and Mario Rossi and Augusto Viel, two members of a former gang called October XXII who gained notoriety for the killing of a bank guard during a Genoa holdup in 1971. Along with the communiqué came another plaintive, handwritten letter from Moro addressed to Christian Democratic Secretary-General Benigno Zaccagnini. It called the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Moro Tragedy Goes On | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

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