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Delta's plain pipe-rack operation on the ground is not visible in the air, where it has won faithful business travelers for its efficient, on-time service. Its advertising ("Delta is ready, when you are") is equally straightforward. "We don't go in for this Wings of Man stuff," says a spokesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Highest | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...newest menace, Francis Tyte, 33, a bit-part actor, pathological dissembler, bigamist and homosexual prostitute. Tyte's face, lean and handsome in the Leslie Howard mold, is known to millions of British telly viewers. He is the fellow in the tobacco ad who nonchalantly puffs a pipe while military officers strut by, sniffing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Banality of Deceit OTHER PEOPLE'S WORLDS | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...pipe that burst during the January 3-4 weekend damaged offices on three levels of the English Department offices at 34 Kirkland Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burst Pipe | 1/13/1981 | See Source »

...pipe, frozen when a second floor window blew open, caused both "mechanical and structural" damage, Jones said. He was unable to provide details of the extent of the incident's effects on the building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burst Pipe | 1/13/1981 | See Source »

...casting seems intended for faithful representation rather than enhancement of character. Williams plays Popeye straight and he plays him well. He looks the part in his sailor's garb, with a crew cut, "squinky" eye, corncob pipe, ruddy complexion, and latex-enlarged forearms and calves. He also has the gravelly muttering voice and the "pronunskiation" down, and his singing and dancing pass muster. What seems curiously lacking is evidence of Williams' brilliant gift for improvisation. Glimmers shine through occasionally, as when Popeye throws a tantrum because he doesn't want to eat his spinach. Williams, television's "Mork," also contributes...

Author: By Jared S. Corman, | Title: More Spinach, Less Altman | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

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