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...studio moguls. At 5 ft. 2½ in. and 160 Ibs., usually billowing in a sea of muumuus and caftans, she is sometimes seen as a cross between Mama Cass and Mack the Knife. She has the soft, breathy voice of a little-bitty girl, the vocabulary of a mule skinner and the subtle approach of a Sherman tank. She often compares herself to Eve Harrington, the calculating and ruthless climber in All About Eve. In fact, a character based on Mengers will soon appear in a new film called The Last of Sheila. Director Herb Ross describes the character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Sweet and Sour Sue | 3/26/1973 | See Source »

Even without new reforms, suggested Rollings, Congress already has the capacity to do all these things. "There is no education in the second kick of a mule," he said. "All we need is to have the House set the limit, and the Senate will follow that discipline, and then we can call the President into line. I have seen that power exercised by the House. I have seen it exercised within the Senate. In the words of Walt Kelly's Pogo, 'We met the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Toward Restoring the Balance | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

...said Mr. Hannegan. 'He is the contrariest Missouri mule I have ever dealt with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Little Touch of Harry | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

Whittled at, mocked, its history rewritten, the American West has taken a battering in recent years. The myth of the 19th century frontier-brave mule skinners and noble cavalrymen bringing civilization across the Great Plains-is dying out like the buffalo. This discovery, leaving a painful hole in America's stock of self-images, helps explain the recent surge of interest in 19th century frontier art. The latest evidence of it is a delightful show called "The American West," which drew crowds to the Los Angeles County Museum through the spring and will open June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Draw, Pardner | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...public schools and for this reason--and "for religion"--he sends them to one of the new white private schools. Freedom of choice--he just can't understand why that isn't enough. You can't change people's hearts by laws: "You can't lead a mule to water, but boy you shore can't make that rascal drink...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: The Wallace Appeal: Primary Impressions | 5/16/1972 | See Source »

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