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These women live suspended in contradictions: tree-lined Grosse Pointe streets and prison cells; handmade lace and machine guns; family portraits and FBI mug shots. They disbelieve the ugly headlines about their men, and they bristle at the stereotype of themselves as provincial peasant wives who never leave the nursery or their knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Godmothers | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...criticism?and plain envy ?among British journalists, some of whom complain that he turned television interviews into a form of show biz. Some years ago, during a brief lull in Frost's career, acerb Journalist Malcolm Muggeridge predicted that Frost would sink without a trace. Instead, harrumphed The Mug later, "he rose without a trace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: David Can Be a Goliath | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...serves up heapin' helpings of coffee, tea, cider, lemonade, homebaked cake, bread and music every Sunday through Thursday night. The doors to the small, well-lit room open at 8:30 p.m. and close at 11:30 p.m., time enough to down an inexpensive (30 cents), generous (9 ounce) mug of coffee, wander onto the terrace overlooking the Hilles courtyard, or borrow a Monopoly, Backgammon or Chess set from the counter for a game with friends. Different performers appear every night--a show from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and continuous entertainment Sunday nights--playing...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: FOLK | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

Stanley Kubrick has seen the future and it doesn't work, judging by his apocalyptic vision better known as A Clockwork Orange. Malcolm McDowell's Alex and his trusted droogs mug, rape and generally terrorize their way through a British Sodom masquerading as a civilized society. If your stomach holds out, your sensory organs will be grateful; this is first-rate Kubrick, and you'll appreciate the perfectionist approach to his craft evident in every scene as he spares no detail in creating this nightmarish conception of the fate awaiting modern society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...Smith, who turned Linda Blair's head in The Exorcist and aged Marlon Brando in The Godfather. They come with a packet of powdered gelatin, which when melted in hot water becomes Flex Flesh and can be shaped in a variety of plastic molds. The skin-thin horror mug is kept in place with spirit gum and can take makeup. New York's Pressman Corp., which makes the sets, has sold some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Odds & Trends | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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