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...acting suits this blushlessness. Rip Torn as Clyde Stewart lets little pass between his long beard and omnipresent pipe; the very model of a taciturn Scot and rancher, he is a strong, silent physical presence with a reassuring capacity for humor and gentleness. Torn explained his feelings about the role during a recent interview: "I would have done anything to do this film...we all worked for minimum, which after taxes barely covers your expenses." Although the end of shooting saw Torn sufficiently insolvent to borrow money, he remains unperturbed: "Jobs come along and you do them, shitty jobs...
...kooky clothes ran low, Kamali began making her own. Years ahead of the fashion pack, Kamali designed hot pants in 1969, the first in the U.S. "I can make something to wear out of anything," is her motto, and true to it, in 1974 Kamali took a nylon parachute, rip cords and all, and produced the first fashionable jumpsuits. A couple of years later, Kamali, owner of a sleeping bag, realized she would no longer have time to go camping, once her favorite pastime. So she cut up the bag, fashioned a fiber-filled coat and thus was born...
...doldrums, it looks as if there may be another spate of cancellation notices. At least, that's what John R. Marquand, secretary to the Faculty, predicts. He contrasts this year with last, when--despite the three cancellations--the technology transfer issue got the Faculty off to a "'rip-roaring start" and heated debate about minority hiring and the Third World Foundation kept things interesting. Just one factor prevented the Faculty from meeting more often: a widespread belief that a body as large and unwieldy as the Faculty should not grapple with issues until other bodies--like the Faculty Council...
This season in Adair County has been a ballet of breathtaking intricacy, timing and beauty. In late May and early June, when the plowed land lay naked and vulnerable, there were no pelting rains to rip out seed and carry off precious topsoil. Then, every week with uncanny regularity, gentle showers brushed the new shoots. The temperature never went over 100° F, and every evening cool air formed in the swales and spread protectively over the young plants. The moisture choked the grasshopper hatch. Tornadoes and hail, which can claw the land raw in seconds, never materialized...
...Interviewer David Frost and Historian Lady Antonia Fraser (CBS). They did not always help. Morley joked cloyingly about his "missing invitation to St. Paul's." When Chancellor asked Ustinov why the British people love the royal family so, Ustinov said it was the same drive that makes them "rip out seats at football matches. I think they're trying to find their origins." CBS was the most restrained of the three networks in its anchor-desk prattle, preferring for the most part to pass along the elegant and understated coverage provided...