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Washington intelligence unit and enough assorted goons to fill a San Quentin production of A Chorus Line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tides of War | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...QUENTIN CRISP and Donald Carroll had lived in the 14th century, they might have practiced alchemy. As 20th century analysts of human personality, they remain as far from refining the perfect drop of behavioral wisdom as medieval alchemists were from producing gold. To them, possessing style is a lot like belonging to a finals club: After fussing and fiddling with your personality and habits, you are somehow elevated to a new position in life. What Crisp and Carroll try to demonstrate is a method for turning style into substance. Can they really hope to succeed in proving that black...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Get Punched | 11/5/1981 | See Source »

Here is Congress abdicating its responsibility as a check on presidential power, a mere seven years after Watergate. Here is the man responsible for Watergate, a man who belongs in San Quentin as much as he belongs in San Clemente, having the gall to speak out against the bad influence of the Jewish lobby. As Moynihan put it in his speech, the Senate, by approving the sale, placed the interests of the Saudi Arabian monarchy before its own interests and abrogated its previous stance reached during the F-15 debate. Should this inspire "confidence" in American foreign policy among...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: What Price 'Victory'? | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...more than $10 million on a market that has often proved treacherous for TV: cul ture and fine arts. In the first seven days, viewers were almost buried under good shows, or, at the very least, good intentions. Shakespeare, Beethoven and Napoleon were among the big names; Calamity Jane, Quentin Crisp and an odd English botanist named David Bellamy were among the smaller ones. Not always successful, CBS-C's first week was nonetheless al ways impressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cable's Cultural Crapshoot | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...Quentin Leo New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 19, 1981 | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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