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Columbo treats his invariably rich and stylish suspects with politeness, even deference. He apologizes for taking up their valuable time. He prattles incessantly in a New York accent that seems to be coming down with a sore throat. He gee-whizzes over their luxury houses, stopping in mid-sentence to ask ingenuously what the property taxes might be on such a splendid estate, pausing to work them out in terms of his $11,000-a-year salary. His darting, jabbing gestures carve lexicons in the air. He interrupts interrogations to rummage in pockets crammed with scrappaper reminders of marketing chores...
...After lunch I went back to the T.V. set and watched until the bulletin from Dallas came on. I did not believe the first sketchy reports of the shooting. I did not believe them until Walter Cronkite came on with tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat and made them official...
...child star of Lolita, now a post-nymphet of 27, had to be hospitalized briefly on the eve of her wedding. Sue Lyon's ailment: strep throat and fatigue brought on by the hassles of arranging her marriage to a Colorado State prisoner, who is serving 40 years for second-degree murder and aggravated robbery. Sue first met Gary ("Cotton") Adamson, 33, in 1970, when she visited a friend who was sharing Gary's cell in a Los Angeles County jail. Now she plans to campaign for prison reform, specifically for prisoners' conjugal rights. As she puts...
...Linda Lovelace," says the longhaired actress hoarsely, "and I know what you want." However, before Los Angeles television viewers can jump to any conclusions, the porno-chic Deep Throat artist waves a man's oxford at them, and continues her spiel: "You're looking for comfort, variety and style. So I guess we have a lot in common. Like in shoes." It is the M. & J. Shoe Co. that has Linda Love-lacing up their product over the Southern California air waves, apparently reasoning that exploitation fits their purpose like-er-an old shoe...
Brewster Ashenden, hero of The Making of Ashenden, is quite the opposite. One of the world's richest and most civilized men, he hungers after refinement. Ashenden does not, like Main, take life by the throat. It grabs him. Specifically, he is raped by a bear-a ridiculous fate but one that seems appropriate to break through the charmed circle of Ashenden's life...