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Despite the fact that the screenplay leaves the actors with nowhere to go in their roles, the performances are virtually all first-rate. Especially enjoyable is Peter Falk as the hard-boiled Frisco detective, Sam Diamond, whose uncouth manner provides an entertaining contrast to the cocktailparty elegance of Dick and...

Author: By Margaret ANN Hamburg, | Title: Smothered by Fluff | 7/20/1976 | See Source »

PHEROMONES. Insects give off and are programmed to respond to chemical compounds called pheromones. The pheromone exuded by a female insect, for example, automatically draws males of the same species for miles around. Other pheromones identify members of a colony, trigger fight or flight reactions, or are used to mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bugs Are Coming | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

Shaw is the name that dominates the movie business of Southeast Asia. Shaw Brothers' films, produced at Shaw's Movietown, shot in Shawscope color and shown in 143 Shaw-owned theaters, attract 250,000 people a day from Hong Kong to Jakarta, plus thousands more in Chinatowns around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Empire of Run Run Shaw | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Griddle Company. The FBI investigation is not stopping at taxpayer-subsidized sex. Hays' use of Government funds while on congressional junkets overseas is also under scrutiny. There have been reports that Hays bought antiques, paintings and Oriental rugs with expense-account money. His press secretary denies this, and says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: What Liz Ray Has Wrought | 6/21/1976 | See Source »

In a sketch last week, Caesar couldn't sleep because Coca was sitting up late watching a jungle movie on television. As the native drums got louder, Coca would go into a wild savage tribal dance in her oriental pajamas, growing so frenzied that she began to believe there was...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: T.V. | 5/13/1976 | See Source »

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