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...near her and to reap her virginity at an apt moment, Humbert marries her mother Charlotte (Shirley Stoler); By chance, she hurtles down a flight of stairs to her death and Humbert is free to pursue his lascivious designs. To his shock and chagrin, Lolita seduces...
Tracing the genesis of the women's liberation movement to "a few ugly women who could not get men to like them," Taki disparages the appearance of almost every woman one has heard of, mainly because one has heard of them. "Take Jane Fonda and Shirley MacLaine. That harshness, those granite glares, the shrillness of their rhetoric--it makes one want to shriek at their ugliness." To conclude, the author provides an antidote to all this ugliness: "Put the little woman on a pedestal, spoil her by protecting her, not by taking any back talk. Oppress her. She'll love...
Within the Hollywood community, the trial is being watched as closely as the bottom line on a production contract. Waiting in the wings with their own seven-or eight-figure libel suits against the Enquirer are Rory Calhoun, Phil Silvers, Paul Lynde, Agent Marty Ingels and Wife Shirley Jones, Ed McMahon and Rudy Vallee, all of whom evidently agree with Burnett that "it's time to stand up and be counted and not let people like this get away with...
...rebellion was led by four former Labor Cabinet ministers who put their careers on the line in order to spotlight their deep dismay at the increasing power of the far left in the Labor Party. The first to bolt was Shirley Williams, former Education Secretary and for years one of Labor's most popular front benchers. She resigned last month from the Labor national executive committee, declaring pointedly that "the party I loved and worked for no longer exists." She was followed by Owen, former Transportation Minister William Rodgers, and onetime Deputy Party Leader and Home Secretary Roy Jenkins...
...electronics firms. Shortly thereafter Matsushita is expected to start selling a handheld computer under its brand names Quasar and Panasonic. An informal poll of American computer executives revealed that they expect the Japanese to capture a third of the market by 1985. Says Radio Shack Vice President Jon Shirley: "The Japanese are bound to be competitive, and I worry about the Japanese much more than...