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Monty claims that as a young boy, wearing a wig, he was Elizabeth Taylor's stunt double for National Velvet. Larry says Monty did no stunt riding, and the book Liz, by C. David Heymann, lists Billy Cartlidge as Taylor's stunt double. Monty also claims that James Dean, a great buddy, lived with him before the filming of East of Eden. But, no, it seems; Dean's pal was Tony Vargas, according to Renebome and Vargas himself. California rancher Bill Dorrance, an early teacher of horse whispering, was "like a grandfather to me," Monty writes. But Dorrance...
...Even if it is a stunt, it just seems at the most basic level violating University policy-stealing from the University and stealing from the students," he said...
...like the hair, he just seems a little too slick. Henry C. Quillen Rhetorical style not quite as interesting as the "Scream" costume, but we applaud the late display of Halloween spirit. Michelle Robinson Makes us listen to the sounds of silence in a strange three-word opening. Stunt to appear different impresses no one. Noah Z. Seton Deflects accusations of excessive Stewartship in true presidential style. Also wins Best Hair in Show award. Ted A. Swasey Claims he is not a politician, and proves it with his speaking skills. Makes us miss the sweet syntax of George Bush...
...finally, an entrepreneur unlike any other: Jim Moran, 89, who, until he retired in 1985, reigned as supreme master of that most singular marketing device--the stunt. Highlights: he sold an icebox to an Eskimo on behalf of the American Ice Manufacturers Association. He personally hatched an ostrich egg by sitting on it for 19 days, 4 hrs. and 32 min., on behalf of the 1947 movie The Egg and I. For producer David Merrick, whose Broadway show The Matchmaker needed a little extra coverage, he dressed an orangutan in a chauffeur's suit and set the creature...
This is no knock on NASA either. Sure, it shamelessly hyped the Glenn flight. But NASA, a living rebuke to those conservatives who believe that government can do nothing right, is perfectly entitled to use whatever stunt it can to gin up the nation's constantly flagging interest in the greatest human achievement of this half-century, space flight...