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...Young wring any concessions from the President-elect on how powerful his role would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Young on the Record | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...onions?" Chloe asked liltingly as she stomped out her stogie with the toe of her Converse. Cheryl laughed and threw back her head once more; Chloe double-dribbled it across the room, faked to me, made a lay-up and returned to Cheryl on the rebound. "I oughta wring your neck!" my delighted hostess cried. "I've always relied on da kindness of stranglers," Chloe riposted. "I'll go getcha yer livre...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Candy is randy but pasta is fasta | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

...poured into the city as if gold had been found beneath its soiled beaches. Downtown real estate values have soared 200% or more as speculators and promoters of every ilk and bilk rush to make the démodée dowager a belle again ?and so prepare to wring the belle of millions of restless Eastern betting chips expected to wind up cozily close to home. "Most people can't afford to go to Vegas," notes one booster, already trying to one-up Nevada. "Anyway, who needs sunshine in a casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: GAMBLING GOES LEGIT | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

Other states should have the Kansas problem: What to do with so much money? Even as New York's Governor Hugh Carey was trying to wring $1 billion in revenue measures out of his legislature to help wipe out a huge deficit, frugal Kansas was sitting on a budget surplus of $179 million. Now the state government is being badgered by all sorts of groups that want cuts from the pie. City governments are clamoring for some form of revenue sharing. Educators want more for schools. There are pleas that state taxes be lowered, even though they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Topeka Formula | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

...back up his leads, director Andy Cadiff has assembled a cast remarkably free of weak spots. Toby Webb as Baker, the editor who initially rejects Ruth's work, sings in a rich baritone, while P.D. Seltzer manages to wring more than a few laughs from his role as the weasely landlord of Christopher Street. Best of all is Paul Jackel's portrayal of Wreck, the football star from Trenton Tech. Highly energetic, Jackel exhibits superb comic timing and bounces around the stage with the ease...

Author: By Julia M. Klevin, | Title: Hers And Hers | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

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