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...Bewitched gave birth to Jennifer Slept Here (NBC). Webster (ABC) is Diff'rent Strokes with a foster mother. The Rousters (NBC) is more dudes of Hazzard. Lottery$ (ABC) is The Millionaire after inflation. Two shows, Cutter to Houston (CBS) and Trauma Center (ABC), could be called The Mod Squad Goes to Med School. Manimal (NBC) is a menagerie of ripoffs, and It's Not Easy (ABC) is a rip-off of manages. We Got It Made (NBC) is Three's Company with a sex change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: And Mister Ed Begat Mr. Smith | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...other. In a hurricane-force career that has swept over a decade, lost force sometimes but never blown out to sea, David Bowie has tried on almost as many private roles and public personas as he has written songs. In the '60s there was the strutting London mod. Then the sensitive singer-songwriter. Then in 1972 Bowie became the hero of his own concept album, Ziggy Stardust, playing the part in concert and, increasingly, letting it play out in life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Bowie Rockets Onward | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...students took a closer look at Sellars' work, however, they would find a depth and background not always evident in his mod, appealing exteriors. Student theater can only benefit from the guiding influence of such a solid grounding. The significance of this intellectual connection to the creative art has been somewhat displaced in the heady pursuit of greater experimental heights...

Author: By Patricla S. Bellinger, | Title: Staging an Idea | 2/25/1983 | See Source »

...main reason for coming is my head. If I miss three days, I have to come in for my fix." Says Devlin: "There is something about dancing and music that's magic-it lifts people up." Whether the reason is the music, or the camaraderie, or the behavior-mod technique of encouraging women to smile and shout during the workouts, Dancercise has reversed the trend of the lonely long-distance runner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Shapes Up: One, two, ugh, groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...turn of the century, fashionable women were so eager to resemble Singer-Actress Lillian Russell that many gained weight in strategic spots to imitate the actress's superhourglass figure. It is a long dietary path from Russell's bulk to the mod-media anoretic, the British model Twiggy, who helped popularize miniskirts in the late 1960s. The fashionable trend toward slender frames on females continues. Currently, three of the ten nonfiction bestsellers deal with diet (see box), and they have dominated the list for months. "No woman is ever too sum or too rich," Mrs. William ("Babe") Paley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Shapes Up: One, two, ugh, groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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