Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slender, dapper man, so vain that he refused to carry a wallet or even a pocketful of change lest unsightly bulges spoil the line of his bespoke suit. More of the truth about Samuel Goldwyn was revealed by his actual appearance than by his popular image as the archetypal movie mogul-ignorant, tyrannical, malaprop-spewing...
Richard is a vain monarch who laughs at the discomfiture of his nobles, ravages their estates, and surrounds himself with fops and flatterers. Too late he finds himself deserted and his angry lords allied to his enemy Bolingbroke, who marches triumphantly across England to secure Richard's abdication and his crown...
Born. To James Taylor, 25 (TIME cover, March 1,1971), melancholic folk-blues singer (Fire and Rain, Knocking 'Round the Zoo), and Carly Simon, 29, gutsy singer-composer (Anticipation, You're So Vain) and daughter of the publishing Simon (& Schuster): a daughter, Sarah Maria; in New York City...
...grass half-naked, touching and enjoying her body. An arrogant, supercilious gentleman approaches her and carries her home after sampling her wares. The following pictures show him in his bedroom nude, coyly fingering a whip, making love to the girl and ends with a shot of the vain quishing hero staring off into the distance with a smile on his face...
Lacking a center, Mitchell has searched in vain for a third forward to fit into his fast-break, man-to-man game plan. Kerry Walker, who averaged 17 points per game as a sophomore and broke B.U. scoring records as a freshman, gives Mitchell offensive punch, but little of the defensive strength he needs. Junior Bill McKay saw action against UMass, but was tormented by turnovers...