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...million these days? If you're Producer Don Boyd and Director John Schlesinger, assembling a kook's tour of characters and situations for your episodic comedy about American life on wheels, you get: cute hookers, more bickering couples than a Bronx highrise, a town that paints itself pink, an elephant on water skis, and some funny car crashes. In a large, bland cast (Beau Bridges, William Devane, Teri Garr, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy), only Beverly D'Angelo stands out as an overripe woman who can't say no, and for whom "the International House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Aug. 31, 1981 | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

...federal civil servant may not continue to hold his job if he takes part in a strike against the Government; and the oath, signed by all federal employees, not to strike. But firing a federal employee is not as easy as a form letter. Two weeks after the first pink slip went out, the matter was still very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bucking the Pink Slips | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

Sowell, 51, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, seems to be everywhere arguing his case. He has three new books out: Ethnic America (a historical analysis of how various groups have fared). Pink and Brown People (a collection of newspaper columns) and Markets and Minorities (an examination of whether the underprivileged are more successful with or without government assistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sowell on the Firing Line | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...manufacturers, including Mattel, Remco, Ideal, Hasbro and Mego, have introduced broad lines of make-believe makeup. Toy and Hobby World magazine lists Remco's Crayon Children's Play Cosmetics as currently the top-selling brand. Remco also tempts the tots with Blue Ice Eye Shadow and Sweetheart Pink Lip stick. Hasbro offers a Fresh 'n Fancy kit that allows the girls to mix their own makeup colors. The prices of these play cosmetics range from $1 for a small locket containing lip gloss to about $18 for an elaborate makeup set from Ideal called the Gettin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Make-Believe Makeup | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

Metallics can both set off a new wardrobe and spruce up an old one. Says Bendel President Geraldine Stutz: "It's fancy as opposed to plain, and we've had a big dose of plain." Kathy Byrne, 23, daughter of Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, sports her pink, gold and blue metallic sandals to official events, including a recent reception for President Reagan. Says she: "I wear them to work and out for the evening. I have a metallic purse and earrings, and some gold-and-white bloomers that can be casual or dressy. I like the look because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Glitters Is Sold | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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