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HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER THOMAS ("TIP") O'NEILL, 60, is a quick witted, pragmatic Massachusetts liberal who has bridged gap between the old politics and the new-and made no enemies in the process. Perhaps the best-liked man in the House, the successor to the late Hale Boggs has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Cast of Characters for the 93rd Congress | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

In this treatment, the servant's dicta are generally recognized as the dry-witted, earthy folk wisdom of vox populi. What is more interesting, and not generally recognized, is that the servant also speaks to these particular masters with vox Dei. The servant tries to warn the master that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Vox Populi, Vox Dei | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

A pregnant young widow (Patty Duke) spends three days riding buses from Los Angeles to Minnesota to visit her mother-in-law, whom she has never met. Patty's husband, before his death in a military-plane crash, had assured her she would like his mother, but the hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Northern Gothic | 12/4/1972 | See Source »

The man most likely to replace Boggs as majority leader is Massachusetts Congressman Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, who is now majority whip. By his own count O'Neill has 160 votes pledged to him, more than enough to win in a showdown for the Boggs job. By tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Replacing Hale Boggs | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

Since Michael J. Pollard (most familiar for his slow-witted C.W. Moss in Bonnie and Clyde) holds down the title role, this movie is, alas, a Pollard vehicle. In fact, Pollard is physically right for the part, although with his bulbous cheeks and cretinous eyes, he looks a bit like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sick Shooter | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

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