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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doting parents who run a summer resort in the Catskills, he develops early on a taste for the disreputable in the person of Herbie Bratasky, the New York City-imported social director at his parents' hotel. Herbie can make a whole range of bathroom noises with his mouth and looks as though he may be successful with women. One winter, young Kepesh receives a letter from his hero describing Herbie's latest toilet imitations and, against all the dictates of prudence, carries it around in his trousers. "Of course," he remembers, "I am terrified that if I should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Return of a Jewish Centaur | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...heart in mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Self-Examined Life | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...entrance a grand spectacular of longlegged women dancing about him with fluttering pink plummage, Flynn virtually has the stage to himself whenever he speaks or touches his cigarette holder to his million-dollar mouth. Cocky and always in control, he boasts that "If Jesus Christ had been in Chicago and had had 5000 bucks, things would have turned out a lot different...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flim-Flam in 'Chicago' | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

Bruce rambles and digresses during the act. He was in bad physical shape by then. His mind often seems to work too fast for his mouth, making it a challenge to follow his train of thought. It's impossible to catch everything...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Comedian Of Darkness | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

Henry IV Part I is not just wars or Elizabethan society or how wisdom can come from as unlikely a place as a tavern named the Boar's Head or from the mouth of as unlikely a character as the greedy, lusty, lazy, altogether charming Falstaff. It is basically how a prince becomes a king or, even more basically, how a boy grows up. By the time Shakespeare's play opens at the Loeb December 11, the skill of director George Hamlin will probably have worked to weld all the wicked plots and counterplots of the smaller schemes of things...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Mistakes to Enjoy | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

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