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...veritable fortune cookie: a frothy dab of nothing and inside a message about the frailty of man's illusions. To deliver it, Randall also impersonates: Merlin the magician; a seer; the Abominable Snowman; a talking snake; a syrinx-playing satyr who pipes away inhibitions; and a Medusa who turns a small town shrew to stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fortune Cookie | 8/7/1964 | See Source »

Arthur Hill, as the professor, raises acting to the level of genius, and Uta Hagen, as his wife, is a virtuoso Medusa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nov. 23, 1962 | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

...Edward Albee, is an annihilating war of love-hatred fought between a middle-aged history professor and his wife, in which a younger guest couple are also savaged. Arthur Hill, as the professor, raises acting to the level of genius, and Uta Hagen, as his wife, is a virtuoso Medusa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nov. 16, 1962 | 11/16/1962 | See Source »

...year teaching career at New York's Sarah Lawrence College, the Milwaukee-born poet reported "surprise" at his selection by a panel of other poets, including W. H. Auden and Marianne Moore. On the $5,000 that goes with the award, Gregory offered no direct comment, but in Medusa in Cramercy Park and Other Poems, his sixth verse collection, which was published last week, he wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 24, 1961 | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

About 50 million American women fight the Medusa menace-the serpentine hairdo that turned thousands of men to stone -without the help of hairdressers. They wash their own hair at home, set it with enough metal to plate a light cruiser, and then wonder how to dry it. Adding to the available hand dryers (wearying) and the portable hood models, the Norge division of Borg-Warner now offers a new solution -an attachment that snaps over the clothes port of any Norge laundry dryer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: Don't Drip: Dry | 6/30/1961 | See Source »

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