Word: previewed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Well, it's finally happened. It seems someone serious is going to play a left-wing David to the Time/Newsweek Goliath. Last week the seventh preview edition of a new newsweekly--Sevendays, showed up on a few stands and reading rooms around here, and I have an eerie sense I am handling what may some day become a collector's item...
Some samples from this month's preview edition include a nice tribute to the late Phil Ochs by Jerry Rubin, A Kirkpatrick Sale piece reminding readers that Howard Hughes made most of his money in the public till, and a poem by Allen Ginsberg. So much for big names: the rest of the articles are,--by and large,--good, solid stories written by a smattering of working reporters from around the country and the world...
...staff full time. Instead, they offer their tutelage in a variety of ways: sometimes by frequent personal meetings with the candidate, often through staff members and sometimes only in an occasional phone conversation, memo or quick chat. Nonetheless, their views of the issues-and of the candidates-provide a preview of the fall debate and possibly even some intriguing hints of the economic tone, mood and direction of the next Administration. A brief rundown on the ideas of the leading candidates and the men behind them, starting with the Democrats...
...gine, Belgian-born dynamo of the discotheque set, who last week unveiled the newest of her high-priced nightspots. The sometime singer-actress, notorious for banning the unhip from her clubs in Paris, Monte Carlo and Rio, was all open arms as she offered several hundred guests a preview look at her new dance-and-dining emporium. The locale: Manhattan's Delmonico hotel. The stars: Actress Candice Bergen, Designer Hubert de Givenchy and former Vogue Editor Diana Vreeland. The floor show: a fashion exhibit featuring "ready-to-dance" dresses created by the red-haired restaurateur herself. "I have always...
Kobrin calls his New West a "feature newsmagazine," but few newsy features were evident in the 14-page preview issue; the cover story, a freelance profile of John Wayne, was originally written and published three years ago. An investment group claims to be prepared to invest $500,000 in the project-but Kobrin has yet to begin a subscription drive...