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Died. Roy Roberts, 79, grand old man of plainspoken journalism, who in 56 years held every job on the Kansas City Star from reporter to president, a rumpled, cigar-chomping extrovert who made his paper "the hair shirt of the community," mixing enthusiastic local coverage with a passion for national...
Shock-Rock. Today Peter lives alone in a Manhattan apartment, which he describes as a "cave"; it is cluttered with books, 3,000 recordings, hi-fi equipment, and huge pop posters of Frankenstein and the Beatles. He has lately developed a passion for the "rugged primitivism" of rock 'n...
Resplendent in their plumed helmets royal-blue jackets and white breeches' the Garde Republicaine stood in formation outside the Elysee Palace As the distinguished visitor approached trumpets blared forth a fanfare, and dozens of swords swirled in salute But the arrival was not the customary motorcade-and-siren sort...
He has become chief overseer of John son's cherished legislative program, as well as his top domestic troubleshooter, handling the Northeast's power blackout in 1965 and the threatened steel strike the same year. Rumpled and slightly roly-poly, Califano has had to overcome some handicaps. For...
At first, sophisticated Angelenos were horrified by Tommy's rumpled appearance and taciturnity ("I am," he admitted, "the oratorical equivalent of a blocked punt"). But they quickly fell in love with his peculiar, devil-take-the-hindmost brand of football. "We'll try to do the unexpected," he...