Word: partner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other things that upset him, Marchais was enraged because two weeks ago Jimmy Carter had warned the Socialists' Mitterrand that the U.S. would be displeased to see a renewal of the leftist alliance. (Evidently embarrassed, Mitterrand denied Carter had said any such thing.) Marchais charged that his erstwhile partner had made a treacherous "right turn" in connivance with "forces beyond our frontiers." Accusing the Socialists of duplicity, he said that he was "irresistibly reminded" of the doubletalking bat in a La Fontaine fable who masqueraded as a mouse or, when it proved more expedient, as a bird...
Among the few hoods to operate in the open was Mobster Michael ("Mustache Mike") Contino of Providence. He offered to become the business partner of Stewart Siegel, who is setting up a school to train dealers and croupiers for the casinos. Contino promised financial help, as well as his services in negotiating a favorable labor contract. Siegel decided that it was an offer he could refuse...
Following a lengthy career on the vaudeville stage, Burns went on to gain national fame as a radio star with his former dance partner, Gracie Allen...
...OPENING SCENE of Gene Wilder's latest film, The World's Greatest Lover, is a masterpiece in parody. Wilder, with his eyes bulging from his head in a passionate glare, impersonates a Valentinoesque Spanish dancer clinging to a sultry female partner. The couple's exaggerated motions, sexy facial expressions, and intensely serious gestures are indeed funny. The scene shows Wilder in his best comic form, and in that brief moment, the movie almost lives up to the expectations created by its title. But the remainder of the film never fulfills its promise. This sequence is, for both Wilder...
...ironies of the Middle East that Menachem Begin, 64, should emerge as Sadat's partner in the new quest for peace. Few would have dared predict this role for Begin last spring, when he became Israel's seventh Premier after his unexpected victory in a national election. His long-established image as an intransigent, superhawkish ultra-Zionist sent waves of concern, and even fear, throughout much of the world. The Arab press, led by Cairo, bitterly denounced him as a dangerous annexationist dreaming of a Greater Israel. Even Jimmy Carter hinted that he was concerned that Begin...