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...only for not yet having coaxed any really sparkling performances from his excellent cast. Richard Kiley as Caesar and Bruce MacKay as Rufio are the best of a dry, consistent lot; the most notable object of disappointment is Leslie Uggams, who failed to convince me she can sing. Claudia McNeil, sadly, has little...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Her First Roman | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

...report to Annapolis authorities. They did so despite the fact that the school's honor code, unlike those at the Air Force Academy and West Point, does not require students to report rule breaking by others. Nonetheless, most of the middies take pot seriously. "Drugs." explains Midshipman Maurice McNeil, "affect a man's judgment-and judgment is the big thing with a man in service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Academies: Pot at Annapolis | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...doubt that in April 1965, in San Antonio, Raymond Sledge shotgunned his ex-wife and her husband to death in front of witnesses. The jury's only problem was to decide whether he was sane or insane. Two psychiatrist witnesses, Dr. Alfred Hill and Dr. James Paul McNeil!, agreed that he was in a paranoid state, that he had been and still was insane. Dr. Hill said that he was not treatable, was potentially dangerous, and "should not be permitted to have freedom again in his adult life." Dr. McNeill warned that under treatment. Sledge would appear to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Quick Cure for a Killer | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

Most of the alumni don't feel overly rah-rah about Tacoma's McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary; but for ex-Teamsters Boss Dave Beck, 72, the place was a veritable Vic Tanny's West. Released 22 months ago, after serving half of a five-year stretch for income tax evasion, Beck boasts that "I came out in better shape than I went in." Since the kind of Gemiitlichkeit that goes with his $50,-000-a-year Teamsters pension was out, he picked up "the exercise habit" in the hoosegow, made it a point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 7, 1966 | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

Midnight in Jerusalem. Playwright James Baldwin, Negro Actress (Raisin in the Sun) Claudia McNeil, and the rest of the cast of Baldwin's touring Amen Corner arrived at Israel's new National Museum for a special post-performance visit. The others dutifully viewed the artifacts and prepared to leave, but Claudia had discovered the antique jewelry and stood mooning over the ancient necklaces, rings and Yemenite bridal costumes. "Leave me alone," she murmured as they tried to pry her away. "I'm staying here all night." Museum Director Teddy Kollek finally brought her out of the trance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 27, 1965 | 8/27/1965 | See Source »

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