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Paley's move signaled the final transfer of power to his hand-chosen successor, CBS President Thomas Wyman, 52. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, Wyman joined the company in June 1980 after holding top positions at Polaroid, Green Giant and Pillsbury...
...Before Wyman arrived at "Black Rock," as the 36-story CBS headquarters building is known, four others had lost out in the race to succeed Paley. The list of former heirs presumptive includes Presidents Frank Stanton, who served from 1946 until 1971, Charles Ireland (1971-72), Arthur Taylor (1972-76) and John Backe (1976-80). Stanton retired, Ireland died after less than a year on the job, and Taylor and Backe were fired...
...less than exciting, but it has a serviceable tonal score and a singable libretto. Albee's The Man Who Had Three Arms, though wordy, is an intriguing, often hilarious parable about the hazards of fame in the TV age, with excellent performances by Robert Drivas, Patricia Kilgarriff and Wyman Pendleton. Williams' A House Not Meant to Stand lacks focus, particularly in the second act, but it is probably the best thing the playwright has written since Small Craft Warnings, a decade ago. It is inhabited by a rich collection of Williams' scarred characters; reworked, it might join...
...originally took shape at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, where the Stones spent the first half of 1963 playing cover versions of their favorite American blues and rock tunes. Many of these songs were never recorded, and according to the more reputable historians of the group, including Bill Wyman, they were often little more than copies of the masters. Gradually, the band members gained more confidence. Watts added a shuffle beat where once there was only a straight eight-count. Richards and Jones tried with two guitars what Chuck Berry did with one, and a new, more powerful sound jumped...
Preserving that wondrous mayhem may be asking too much. The two covers on Still Life are fine, funky cuts powered by the Charlie Watts-Bill Wyman rhythm machine. Jagger reminds all of his still startling ability to transform black R & B and white honk into the Stones' own unique grinding sound...