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...Guru Maharaj Ji?" This documentary profiles the mysterious mystic and his religious organization, the Divine Light Mission. See if it tells you that the guru's organization also sells office supplies and stereo equipment, or that an example of his humor, according to his older brother, is when "the prankster with a vision" rolled up the electric windows in his Rolls Royce on his brother's head. Ch. 2, 9:00 p.m. 1 hour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEVISION | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...turn each character receives air time for a few minutes of monologue, of which Rosann's was most impressive. The glib prankster has the timing of a well-practiced magician; he turns banal lines into comic magic. Cardon and Stone have their moments too, especially when they alternate in reciting a tale of their unexpected urge to relieve themselves on the wide-open beach...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Bringing in the Sheaves | 5/10/1974 | See Source »

...retired two years previous to the sale, and were living in Santa Barbara, Calif. We had turned the operation of the San Bernardino unit over to a couple of longtime employees of ours who operated the drive-in for seven years. Ray Kroc was always a great prankster and probably couldn't resist the temptation to needle me. I am sure that he knows that if there had not been any McDonald Bros., he would probably still be selling milkshake machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1973 | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...Prankster Tuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 3, 1973 | 9/3/1973 | See Source »

Just when the prankster's bag of tricks was practically empty, the White House decided to imitate him. There was talk of "developing a Dick Tuck capability." Says Tuck: "It sounded like a missile strike. It dawned on me that they would probably have given the job to Lockheed, gone through two cost overruns and the thing still wouldn't fly." Crash it did. Recently Tuck and Haldeman came face to face in the Capitol. "You started all of this," said the ex-chief of staff of the White House. Replied Tuck: "Yeah, Bob, but you guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Man Who Bugged Nixon | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

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