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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corpse still wore a diamond ring and a platinum watch, but there were many other motives besides robbery. The police discovered a closet filled with women's lingerie, monogrammed or labeled with the names of Taylor's conquests. One pink silk nightgown bore the letters M.M.M., for Mary Miles Minter, then 19 and Paramount's reigning blond. There were also stories of pornographic photos showing Taylor flagrante delicto with other stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hollywood Gothic (1922-1986) a Cast of Killers | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...funds.) Once shy in public, "the world's most beautiful woman" finally seems to be enjoying her undimmed status as a living screen legend. At the start of last week the Film Society of Lincoln Center honored that legend with its lifetime achievement award. Resplendently slim in a petaled silk organza gown by Arnold Scaasi, Taylor, 54, arrived (45 minutes late, typically) to take her seat in a box next to her mother Sara Taylor, 90, and listen to testimonials by the likes of Roddy McDowell, Jane Powell, Mike Nichols and Lillian Gish. "She is herself an occasion," exclaimed longtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 19, 1986 | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

They also seem to have a keen awareness of my wardrobe, for it is only on that one day each month that filial duty causes me to wear my mother's latest silk and sequine Polo gift that one of them jumps up in my face and demands...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Square Ordeal | 4/23/1986 | See Source »

...wears silk pajamas to work, gave a new definition to the word bunny and catered to a generation of American male sexual fantasies. And now he is, yes, 60. Last week Hugh Hefner celebrated his birthday at his $20 million Los Angeles mansion with 250 well-wishers, including his girlfriend of three years, Playboy Model Carrie Leigh, 22. Hefner, who spends his days working on an autobiography (with Yeager Co-Author Leo Janos), suffered a mild stroke 13 months ago, and he is taking care of himself a little more now. He has switched from Pepsi to Diet Pepsi, stashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 21, 1986 | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

Frye and Barbaro's course, entitled "Buddhism in Central Sia from Asoka to the Mongols," will focus on the "history and evolution of Buddhism as it went on the Silk Road from India to China," Barbaro said...

Author: By Hyungji Park, | Title: Mentorship Grants Aim To Improve Teaching | 4/15/1986 | See Source »

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