Word: newmans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sold almost exclusively in 14 Western states, it is the nation's fifth bestselling beer and has become something of a status symbol in the East. Presidents Eisenhower and Ford used to bring cases of Coors back to Washington aboard Air Force jets after transcontinental trips. Actor Paul Newman always drank Coors on movie sets when it was available...
Indeed, bartenders in the West are serving up plenty of Coors these days. Bellying against a bar in Los Angeles, Plumber Wallace Wirtzberger declared: "I could care less about the strike or boycott. I'm going to keep drinking Coors." Paul Newman, a frequent backer of liberal causes, disagrees. Says he: "All the good things about Coors are simply outweighed by the company's violations of people's privacy and rights." Newman now drinks Budweiser...
...rest of the production, though, is quite professional. Louise Newman's costumes, if not sumptuous, are certainly eye-catching, and Ferric Fang's orchestra does justice to the bouncy music. Best of all, the set (designed by Robert Grossman, with hilarious graphic designs by Lee Bearson and Tom Gammill) keeps the audience laughing even when the script is flagging. Like the background in a Mad Magazine cartoon, the French Gothic Palace of Justice offers all sorts of hidden gags, which usually take a while to figure out, but are genuinely worth the effort to decipher. Unfortunately, the lulls...
International Editor Jesse Birnbaum, who was assisted by Reporter-Researcher Nancy Newman, flew to Washington last week for Rostropovich's premiere concert as musical director and had a similar feeling as he began writing this story. Says Birnbaum: "With Rostropovich, there is his beautiful music, but there is also the man-his poverty as a boy, his great triumphs, his struggle with Soviet authorities, his coming to America. It's a remarkable tale...
...Little Criminals" is very uneven, with most of the unevenness apparent on the low side of the scale. For the most part, Newman's simplicity is underwhelming...