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Liberals and radicals of every stripe are the targets for the Spectator's salvos; an article entitled "Ugly Women" shows that in its defense of the good, pure and tradition, the magazine will without hesitation call in the heavy artillery. "Ugly Women," penned by Taki Theodoracopulos, who "lives immodestly in London, New York and Switzerland," starts from the premise that American women are the ugliest in the world. "My opinion is based on scientific research, not emotions," our analyst contends. His research ("400 million years of field experiments") has yielded the following result: "a feminine woman possesses qualities which make...
...language. David Kennerly, White House photographer for Jerry Ford, spent a day shooting Reagan on the job. His viewfinder assessment of Reagan's bearing: "natural dignity." There is a touch of Hollywood, of course. Reagan's suits now and then get a little beyond the Brooks Brothers stripe, and he sometimes wears shoes with gold hardware. But blue jeans stay out there on the ranch in California...
...mists of folklore [Feb. 9]. The story my grandmother always told me, however, was that young ladies wore yellow ribbons around their necks to show that they were "spoken for" by a member of the U.S. Cavalry. The golden ribbon was a feminine version of the yellow stripe on the troopers' trousers...
...government" only a distant third. But the failure of many orthodox liberals to take tax grievances seriously and their reflexive concern with defending the level of government outlays rather than their quality, drove many working-class constituents into an odd alliance with right-wing populists of the Jarvis stripe and later with business conservatives...
Freshman standout Joe Carrabino popped for a perfect 13 points in the first half--he went six from the field and made good on his only chance from the charity stripe--and classmate Monroe Trout added four points and four imposing rebounds in just eight minutes of play...