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...Clothes Line Saga" is an interesting idea that doesn't work very well. A typical day at a rural residence frames a report by a neighbor that "the vice-president's gone mad." Vice president of what we never find out, which is the point. No one shows real interest in the news. Mama sighs "I guess there's nothing we can do about it," and resumes doing her laundry. The song ends nicely with the narrator saying, "and I shut all the doors" but it goes on too long and becomes boring instead of conveying the boredom of rural...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: Dylan's Best Cellar | 9/23/1975 | See Source »

...million annually from Tarzan movies, books, comic strips, frisbees, and his-and-her bikini underwear (ME TARZAN and ME JANE). To promote a new Me Jane bikini in Europe, the company plans to give away free samples. Warner Bros. now has positive plans for the 41st T-J film saga. Warned Tarzan No. 7, Buster Crabbe, 67, 185 Ibs,, "If they try and get any sex stuff into it, they'll discover they're making a big mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: ... And the Tarzan Cult | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

...Hornet. Kee-Mo-Sah-Bee, Tonto's greeting to the masked Ranger, derived from the name of a boys' camp owned by Jewell's father-in-law. Jewell's later credits include The Black Ace and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, a long-running saga that exhorted teen-agers to eat Wheaties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 18, 1975 | 8/18/1975 | See Source »

...probably Oklahoma! Judging by his reaction to movies this year, That's Entertainment is at the top of his list. He does not watch much television, but if he had to vote he would no doubt cast his ballot for sports events and maybe Cannon, the saga of a paunchy, aging private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: He Has Not Deserted the Old Haunts | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

...William Faulkner's death. The coincidence was not lost on litterateurs. Ever since, Price has been the odds-on favorite of those who believe that the U.S. must always have a Southern writer-in-residence whispering of dark doings behind the magnolia. This dreadnought of a family saga (Price's fourth novel) proves that he has earned the title. It is also strong evidence that the post is obsolete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All in the Family | 7/21/1975 | See Source »

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