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Exactly. Not every deposed "strongman" and dictatorial Alldaddy ends up as shattered as Lear on the heath. Napoleon was comfortable enough. He had a girlfriend called Rosebud and spent much of his day soaking in the tub. But no doubt a peculiar loneliness descends upon the autocrat condemned to live out his days in one of the upstairs rooms, like a mental case in the family. He is the Wizard of Oz, bereft of his wonder machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Island of the Lost Autocrats | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...double rainbow appeared outside our window. It was very magical, and then I threw up. That was the first time I realized I was with child." As a memento of their visit, Spielberg bought a Monet, which hangs on their living room wall. In the den is the original Rosebud sled used in Citizen Kane. As for the discipline of fatherhood, Spielberg will let history be his guide: "My mom spoiled me. I'll spoil the baby. Amy will be strong with Max, and I'll be the pushover." But he promises a change. "Until now Amy and I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...Festival of Light and Song: A Rosebud in June Cocert to traditional songs, arranged for a capolla voices. New England Life Hall, 225 Clarendon St., Boston, 861-0649 Sat. only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL/OTHER | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

...store to buy a toy fire engine, just as he did in December when he fled Manhattan, driving north through New England, before turning himself in to police in Concord, N.H. Dashing hopes that the mysterious fire engine might turn out to be a revelatory, memory-jogging "Rosebud" in his case, Goetz explained that the toy was a gift he had promised to a young boy: the previous fire engine had been confiscated by overzealous police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Low Profile for a Legend Bernard Goetz | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

...weeks ago I returned to Rosebud for the first time in a dozen years. It took me awhile to find Nancy White Horse because she had moved to a new neighborhood, a place named in honor of her husband who had died a few years ago: The Sam White Horse Housing Project...

Author: By Richard J. Margolis, | Title: Indian Resiliency | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

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