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...Mitchell's deputy, Richard Kleindienst, to be confirmed by the Senate to succeed him as Attorney General. Equally assailed was the trustbusting reputation of Richard McLaren, Mitchell's former antitrust chief and now a federal judge. Over it all loomed the blemished image of a hard-drinking, tart-tongued ITT lobbyist, Dita D. Beard, who was ill in a Denver hospital and unable to testify. It was her memo, as reported by Anderson, that described the supposed deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Slugging It out over the ITT Affair | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...Bull Gets the Matador Once in a Lifetime, written by Liz Coe '73 and directed by Emily Mann '74. Our own William Alfred calls it "a tart, knowing tragi-comedy, vividly conceived and tellingly written." At Agassiz, 8:30 Thurs., Fri., Sat. this weekend and next. Premiere tonight. Call 495-8663 for tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the stage | 3/16/1972 | See Source »

WHERE HAS TOMMY FLOWERS GONE? Tommy is a sort of Holden Caulfield at 30, an asphalt urchin who is tart, smart and often touching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: 1971's Ten Best Plays | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

...President had tart answers for tart questions about other facets of the war. Would he favor amnesty for any of the young men who have left the U.S. in order not to fight in a war they think immoral? No. Since he has asked for $341 million in military aid to Cambodia, what assurance could he give that the U.S. is not sliding into another Viet Nam? "We didn't slide into Viet Nam." The Nixon Doctrine provides that the U.S. will aid its military allies but not send in U.S. troops; "Cambodia is the Nixon Doctrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Viet Nam: One More Step | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

...inflection that a director like Mike Nichols and an actor like Peter Falk can produce out of their sheer unfaltering professionalism. Falk is perfectly cast. He has just the right sag to the shoulders and a face that a mirror would wince at in the morning. Lee Grant is tart, perky and warmly sympathetic. Vincent Gardenia is a pillar of righteous, lard and quivers hysterically when he thinks of all the love that was denied him and lavished upon Mel when they were boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Cliff Dwellers' Purgatory | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

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