Word: michael
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Michael Arlen '52 lives in New York...
Senior Writer Michael Demarest, who wrote the story, could-like most of us-use a million dollars. But he is no stranger to the world of wealth. His family tree included two millionaires, and Demarest grew up in England, attending private schools with "the peerage and the beerage." Demarest notes a difference between European and American rich: "Many Americans don't know how to spend their money. Perhaps it is in part a result of the Puritan work ethic...
...faced a tough challenge at her very first stop-the beautiful but economically blighted island of Jamaica. Prime Minister Michael Manley, a fiery socialist, has hinted at a capitalist U.S. plot to overthrow him. But Manley was the soul of propriety when he greeted Rosalynn at the airport and said that her husband's emphasis on human rights offered "great encouragement...
...price of gold and devaluation of the dollar." The book, The Billion Dollar Sure Thing, first appeared in Europe in 1973, became an international bestseller and prompted Erdman to write another, The Silver Bears. Both have been bought by Hollywood; the movie version of The Silver Bears, starring Michael Caine, will be released in November...
...model of laced-up propriety masking inner compassion. Christina Pickles conveys the teasing coquettishness and parched loins of Molly well, but never makes her love for the boy convincing. For a man who is obsessed by the approach of death and his wife's infidelity, Michael Higgins' Teddy is a shade too passive...