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Her first book suffers inevitably from a sense of déjà lu. It not only draws heavily on those earlier articles, it trades on childhood experiences shared to some extent by every reader. Even the author's self pity seems a bit wilted. On the very first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

In his month-long hearing ordeal, Gray had wilted from a brisk and confident nominee to a subdued and almost sullen shadow of the strong leader that the FBI needs. He had been hurt most by the Administration's obsessive concern with preventing disclosure of whatever the FBI was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Crossfire Cuts Gray | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

Nothing lends the show quite so much strength as Stephen Sondheim's score. It is a beauty, his best yet in an exceedingly distinguished career. The prevailing waltz meter is more suggestive of fin de siècle Vienna than the Scandinavian north, but why carp? In a show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Valse Triste | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

They have wilted into a stinking pile of compost nurtured by irresponsibility, disrespect, laziness, greed and moral decay, exemplified by TIME's feature story on Last Tango.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 12, 1973 | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

"I'm surprised all our senses haven't completely wilted up starting from birth." Laising said as he gave his well-received imitation of an uptight, scrunched-up modern man.

Author: By David R. Caploe, | Title: Laing Blasts 'Anti-Human' Conditions | 11/21/1972 | See Source »

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