Word: sofas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talks, Connally slowly works his way down the sofa toward the interviewer, telling how five top Michigan Republicans are urging him to get into the presidential race. His thin, somewhat sulky mouth and upturned nose give him a youthful look, even at 58. He had thought, Connally goes on, that Reagan would prove to be a more skillful campaigner than he has, better able to deflect the grilling of the press. Reagan's awkwardness has helped Ford recover and, according to Connally's appraisal, further reduced the chance of a political opening for anyone else...
...presence. After several ravaging illnesses, he bears only the slightest resemblance to the romantic lover of Wuthering Heights or the agile hero-king, Henry V. Today, the valor resides in the man himself and his will to endure. With gracious apologies, Sir Laurence, 68, does not rise from the sofa on which he reclines, but he still speaks in that unique, resonant voice that every other actor fears to imitate. Last week TIME Theater Critic T.E. Kalem interviewed Olivier in Hollywood, where he is playing a fascist killer in a thriller called Marathon...
...diagram), it means the host is ready to make a deal. The visitor should then move his chair to B, encroaching on the host's space. If the host is trying to evade a deal or placate a visitor, he will suggest that both sit on the sofa. Then the proper move for the visitor is to sit at C, forcing the host to move to D, where he is cut off from both telephones. Phonemanship is important too. An aggressive visitor should ask to make a phone call, settle in at the host's desk (violation...
Interested in a $4,600 coffee table made from two Rolls-Royce radiator grilles and a slab of stainless steel? Or maybe a $1,380 three-seater sofa with a tubular frame? The Art Deco creations and their superstar price tags are the work of a London furniture company co-owned by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and Designer Robin Cruikshank. "I had the conventional art-school training, but he comes up with some very unusual ideas," says Cruikshank of his partner. Among Starr's contributions: a doughnut-shaped fireplace and a table designed to look like a flower with...
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat received the group not in Cairo, but at his favorite winter vacation spot, Aswan. Sadat was in an amiable mood as he relaxed on a sofa in a salon of the New Cataract Hotel-where Kissinger stayed during the first round of shuttle diplomacy last year-and answered the TIME group's questions. Among them...