Word: miller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mini's role on television and the possible return of another '60s fad, hot pants, Dynasty Designer Nolan Miller says with a smile, "I can only remember what Bette Davis said on a late-night talk show: 'In my day, hot pants were something women had, not wore.' " There is surely wisdom...
Equally frisky are Simmons' descriptions of Belles Lettres' book conferences (Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings is presented as "the Old Testament written by Mel Brooks, the 'Book of the Dead' by Henry Miller, the Iliad by Woody Allen, the head of Nefertiti by Red Grooms"), an intraoffice scandal about an aging office boy who enriches himself by selling review copies as well as slots on the best-seller list, and a Shakespeare hoax that brings down the magazine's lowbrow chief, Newbold Press. Simmons demonstrates his versatility by composing nine "lost" sonnets by the Bard...
...think that the middle-class is feeling some discomfort, feeling more constrained, because they're having to make more sacrifices," says James S. Miller, Harvard's director of financial...
...phony prince enticed Miller with visions of Saudi oil millions that could be diverted to the Nicaraguan freedom fighters. Of course, Miller had to provide a few assurances of his good faith: the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that over a period of several months, Miller fronted about $250,000 of his own and a relative's money for the prince's exorbitant expenses. In return, the wide-eyed p.r. man was promised he would be made the "exclusive agent for Saudi oil in the U.S.," with commissions of 20% of sales flowing to him. One deal involving shipments...
...credible was the prince that Miller even vouched for him after Zadeh had bounced a $250,000 check at the William Penn Bank in Philadelphia. In documents released last week, Miller was said to have repeated the yarn that the prince was being victimized as a result of "religious differences" within the Saudi royal family, and even offered to cover the amount of the bad check. Bank officials, however, called...