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Stassinopoulos is also good at interviewing sources and collecting anecdotes. When glaucoma was diagnosed and eyedrops required every two hours, Maria bought a tiny Louis XV timepiece that tinkled an alarm every two hours. Yet she loved nothing better than combing Woolworth's for such "bargains" as a lemon squeezer or potato peeler. A friend remembered a lunch at Claridges during which Maria proudly produced her latest finds. The Callas jealousy was legendary. The sight of her beloved Visconti, who was homosexual, merely talking with Leonard Bernstein sent her into a rage. Yet she did not always take herself...
...when Super Bowl XV finally drew to a close, the Raiders had the last sneer. With a 27-10 drubbing of Philadelphia, which was favored to win, Oakland became the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl. Thus the Raiders could gleefully ask: Guess who shot the Eagles...
...only have so many emotions, and we constantly asked them to come up with more. After a while, I began to feel stupid." In New York City, some reporters disobeyed their editors' instructions to follow Barbara Rosen, wife of one of the hostages. Explained J.J. Gonzales of WCBS-XV: "There is a line between coverage and harassment." As the hostages prepared to return home at week's end, a protective Government made plans to ensure them a measure of privacy. The reunion with their families was set for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where -aside from...
...Sunday, Vermeil and Davis will square off for Super Bowl XV in New Orleans. Each brings with him a team that mirrors his own personality. Vermeil's Eagles, this year's N.F.C. champions, are the inheritors of his pay-any-price work ethic, a squad with no well-known stars that has been forged into an efficient football machine. The Oakland Raiders, the A.F.C. champions, are a reflection of Davis and the old A.F.L., a collection of castoffs and young players who manage, with guile and grinding tenacity, to survive in spite of the odds. In a Super...
Will Super Bowl XV be worth $CD, or even $XL? To avid Philadelphia and Oakland fans, probably so. But to most N.F.L. observers, there is a ticket worth even more: a front-row seat when Al Davis and Pete Rozelle meet in court next month...