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...play the Playmate of the Year turned actress who was murdered last August by her husband. The daughter of Actor Tony Curtis, 56, and Actress Janet Leigh, 54, Jamie will be dressed for family viewing in the TV movie, but will show off those good family lines in a racier European version. -By E Graydon Carter...
...becoming the ardor of the day. Says Dell Vice President Ross Claiborne: "It's a license to print money." The license requires a plucky heroine up against heartrending odds (job problems; the other woman). Object: the tycoon or professional of her choice (see box). Unlike TV soaps or racier novels, the romances always view the boudoir in soft focus, and all true love affairs lead to the altar...
...Nash, coach of a Penn boat that has lost to both Harvard and Yale, sees it this way: "I think that Yale is a stronger crew, and Harvard is a racier crew," which means the Crimson performs better in race conditions...
...which American League managers and players discussed the Yankees' chances of whining a fourth straight league pennant. HBO will also spend $13 million on original programming this year. Sample: National Lampoon Presents Disco Beaver from Outer Space, a satirical revue that was shown in February and included skits racier than any seen on regular TV. One was The Breast Game, starring Lynn Redgrave in a parody of TV game shows. An interview show called Upclose went on the air last October; first guests included Woody Allen and John Travolta...
...first four U.S. Government employees (nobody will say what agency they work for) "graduated" from the private Academy of Defensive Driving, joining previous trainees from Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico and the Philippines. In a week of schooling they were taught a number of evasive tactics that had been developed, in racier days, by whisky runners and bank heisters. The curriculum consisted of running a roadblock and executing a "bootleg turn," an intricate maneuver of locking on the emergency brake while spinning the steering wheel to excecute a 180° turn within a two-lane road. The bootleg is not recommended...