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...Burl Reynolds wanted to he could spend the rest of his life playing nice guys in trivial movies. He is the best light leading man around, and as long as he plays it safe, he can pull in the big bucks. But Reynolds is restless; he tries to stretch himself. In Hustle and Semi-Tough, his macho screen personality has been tempered by moments of vulnerability and wistfulness. In Gator he plunged into directing. Not all of these experiments have paid off, but they do make for a fascinating career. In contrast to such superstars as Clint Eastwood and Robert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nice Guy | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...soar, and this year vacationers will be offered a bagful of bargains in air fares−thanks in large part to an unlikely bureaucrat named Alfred Kahn. A lean, balding, hatchet-faced man who teeters back and forth in his high-backed leather chair, Kahn, 60, looks like a restless hawk. The image is apt. In less than a year as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, he has outdone any of his predecessors in shooing the airlines out of the cozy hen house of Government supervision that has protected and confined them for 40 years. By opening the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Happy Hawk in the Hen House | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...inferior as they are, handed to them on a plate." An encyclopedic disgust pervades these drawings. But it is not a common emotion in Steinberg's work. In general, he is a paragon of detachment: he is, as the title of one of his books announces, the Inspector, imperturbable, restless and nosy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Steinberg | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...course, few papers have taken the quest for new readers quite so far as the Times has in its San Diego campaign. But then, a restless quest for Lebensraum is another trait that the Times shares with Los Angeles. Since 1915, the city has expanded the size of its jurisdiction more than fourfold. How? By annexing more than 60 neighboring communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Invasion from the North | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...thick Southern heat was beginning to diffuse our patience, and the girl next to me was getting very restless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Search of Pennant Fever | 4/14/1978 | See Source »

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