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MATCHED PAIRS. Torvill and Dean (Jayne and Christopher), the pluperfect English ice dancers, and the twin brothers Mahre (Phil and Steve), who won gold and silver in near mirror performances at the Winter Games...
Mattel and Filmation have so far kept He-Man an all-male preserve. But a new market will open up next fall, when Filmation begins airing its new series, She-Ra, Princess of Power. It will be the story of He-Man's twin sister, who leads a host of female warriors against an evil horde. Will she share in her brother's omnipotence? Not exactly. Producer Lou Scheimer explains that She-Ra is more caring than He-Man. "We tried to endow her with powers of nature rather than strength," he explains. "But she can do damn near anything...
...living well, it was a year of living dangerously. The financial system, still feeling the aftershocks of the last recession, wobbled and might have toppled if Uncle Sam had not rushed to the rescue of the Continental Illinois bank. In addition, the economy was menaced by those terrible twin deficits in the federal budget and foreign trade. These two monsters dragged down the rate of growth in the second half of the year and threatened to stall the recovery...
...Spirit of St. Louis plane had only one engine. But since 1939 all passenger aircraft crossing the Atlantic have been equipped with at least three. That is about to change. TWA announced last week that starting in April, it will fly from St. Louis to Paris and Frankfurt in twin-engine Boeing 767s. The airline will be the first to take advantage of a proposed change in Federal Aviation Administration rules permitting twin-engine commercial planes to make the crossing...
Like most of the late romances, Twelfth Night's confusion arises in part from a tearful tale of past woe. Viola (Elizabeth McGovern) has lost her twin brother in a tempest at sea, and assuming him dead, disguises herself in his clothing to pay tribute to his memory. This causes her considerable discomfort, however, since she is forced to hide her love for her "fellow" friend Curio (James Bodge). Add to this Curio's lover Olivia (Margaret Reed) falling unwittingly head over heels for McGovern, and you have the makings of a maze that keeps both actors and audience...