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...Reagan were still slugging it out among the normally decorous Republicans, showed that the parties were switching roles. The Democrats went through the primary campaign with allegiances divided among 15 candidates?from Harris the portside populist to George Wallace the starboard demagogue. Now they figured that unity would spell victory. They smelled blood because the Republicans were opening their veins like suicidal ancient Romans. The battle between Ford and Reagan is certain to intensify still more after Reagan's near-sweep last week of Missouri at-large delegates (see story page...
...sells for a premium price -$630-$840. All of IBM's new rivals sell in the $650-$700 range. Now, though the company denies it, IBM appears to be withdrawing gradually from the ordinary electric typewriter market. It is a move that in the long run may help spell the end of the familiar, jammable typewriter. Another innovation may hasten that change in the future: Xerox Corp. has produced a further revolutionary design in typing equipment. The Xerox 800 is a machine that prints letters from a whirling disc printer called a "daisy wheel." Its advantage is that when...
...than take pleasure in trying to warn Muhlbach about the hazards of playing with wildfire; he takes him to see Double Honeymoon, a porn movie in which the girl has a rather animated part. Only her death (she either jumped or fell from her window while drunk) breaks the spell and conveniently ends the book...
...later as a staff member of TIME-LIFE Books. During this time, he turned out a book on the history of Italian-Americans, The Children of Columbus. Amfitheatrof has run up against the usual double take when people ask his name. Explains he: "In Italy, the custom is to spell out your name using an Italian city to represent each letter. In my case, it is Ancona, Milano, Firenze, Imola, etc. By the time I'm through, I've toured the country...
...Fell to Earth, his newest and least successful effort, there is little to spell out anyway. The movie is about equally dazzling and disappointing, but where it goes wrong is in substance, not in style. Roeg's exuberance and invention are compromised here by a yarn that carries dank traces of Twilight Zone...