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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made a botched suicide attempt. His marital infidelities get ample attention, particularly his stormy affair with Ava Gardner (Marcia Gay Harden). Along the way, he is portrayed as an egotistic hothead with a politically correct tint: when a hotel clerk tries to deny a room to black band member Sy Oliver, Sinatra bullies the fellow into turning over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crooning To The Top | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...Hair volume and color. More than half of the cover of Rebecca Brandewyne's Rainbow's End is gorgeous red hair that would make Sy Sperling weep in envy. Indeed, the woman on these covers is usually a redhead, her carrottop blazing in technicolor glory. This makes sense, since red is the color of fire trucks (read: heat), apples (read: "fall from innocence") and the best-selling shade of lipstick in America (read: sex symbol.) The association is obvious. Blondes are the next most popular, followed by brunettes...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Understanding the Romance Novel | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...give longer pants and a date with Sy Sperling...

Author: By G.k. Wenceslas, | Title: The Crimson's Holiday Gift List | 12/18/1991 | See Source »

...could blame Jack? He could have cast his ballot for Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, a perfectly nice Harvard Law School graduate with crash test dummy charisma. (A compelling comparison, no?) Or he could have supported the candidacy of Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush of Andover, Yale and the Sy Sperling Inspirational Speech Club for Men. Or he could have stayed home to rearrange his sock drawer, twiddle his thumbs and watch candlepin bowling. You make the call...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Are You Bored? I'm Bored. | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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