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...going to be your next President." The notion seemed preposterous, and most political professionals were dead sure he did not have a chance?but none of the voters laughed in his face. He was such an engaging man?a trifle shy, for all his gall, and there was that sunburst of a smile that people would always remember. Right from the start, he was perceived as being a rather different kind of politician compared with the rest of the field?as different in philosophy and tactics, it was to turn out, as in personal style. He not only knew what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year: I'm Jimmy Carter, and... | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Manic manicure dates back about three years in Southern California, where the trend started. Now, according to professionals, cuticle consciousness is exploding like a pinkie sunburst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Fingernails: Pop (and Mom) Art | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

...CHORUS LINE. Michael Bennett, a brilliantly disciplined choreographer, gives the anonymous members of the chorus a brief sunburst of glory and a long bear hug of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Year's Best | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

...already, playing while holding a poodle on a leash ("It's harder if the dog isn't housebroken"), while tied to his doubles partner, while running around four chairs obstructing his side of the court, while wearing an overcoat, while carrying a pail of water. In a sunburst of understatement, he says: "I'm a fun guy, I'll do anything for excitement, I'm a ham." Ham? Henny Youngman is merely a ham. Bobby is an extraterrestrial peculiarity. At the antic rate he is going, yaks and Bulgarian bears may be only a step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bobby Runs and Talks, Talks, Talks | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

...gnomes, mermaids, dragons and bears. Five 21-ft. chrome-and-steel towers reeled in patterns that owed less to choreography than to the movement of armored tank columns. They were directed from backstage by electronic remote control, and were adorned with mirrors (20 to a tower) that caught the sunburst of spots, strobes and color projectors that beamed down upon them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Mad Bag Opera | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

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