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Jean Struven Harris behind bars is a study in incongruities. She once ran her own kingdom, the Madeira School, where heed was paid and homage given to the headmistress. She once presided over gourmet luncheons, toast and tea, with women who would come and go, talking of Michelangelo. But white gloves and perfect diction are not exactly called for in an American prison. She no longer manages an institution. It manages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Way to Treat a Lady | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...someone whose life was filled with grand passion and frightening complexity, prison routine may prove deadening. Harris will rise at 6:30 a.m. and eat a breakfast of cereal, fruit, toast and occasionally bacon and eggs. Then she will do manual work: cleaning, floor mopping, dish washing. For clothes, she can choose between jumpers and slacks of mint green, yellow or beige. Luncheon and dinner entrees include meat loaf, Swiss steak, stuffed cabbage and similar hearty fare not common to the Tarnower table. In the evenings she will be allowed to wear her own blouses, stockings, shoes and a watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Way to Treat a Lady | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

Worst miscasting of Streisand, in a role vacated by Lisa Eichhorn and suitable only for the young Minnie Pearl: worst script by W.D. Richter (Slither, Brubaker); worst-looking meal ever served to a prospective lover (by Streisand to Hackman)-it looks like poured concrete on toast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Superlatives ALL NIGHT LONG | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...Reagan also assured Chun that the Administration will fulfill Carter's promise to sell Seoul 36 advanced F-16 jet fighters, and that U.S. military assistance to Korea will not be cut from this year's level of $160 million. At lunch Chun raised his glass to toast his host for bringing a "great renewal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Signals to the World | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...policy. Their meeting in the Oval Office after the election unsettled Carter: he got little feedback from Reagan on a long checklist of international subjects and not a single question about Iran and the hostages. When Rosalynn observed that Reagan was gradually changing his positions, Carter, carefully buttering his toast, edged toward some franker views. "I predict he won't follow his campaign talk," he said, referring to Reagan's promises about abolishing the Departments of Energy and Education, making large tax cuts and other issues. Said Carter: "When you get here, it's a lot tougher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Enjoyed Living in This House | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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