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Flash is what affluent rockers want, insists Decorator Phyllis Morris. Rock stars love trendy Phyllis because her furnishings-zebra rugs, Borsalino mirrors, St. Regis candelabra and Corsican coffee tables-are loud, lacquered and overpriced. "Rock people are just like the movie stars of the '40s," says la dame du flash. "It's exciting to watch them spend money. They're looking for something that says they've arrived. They're creative, emotional, uninhibited. And in their homes you'll find an atmosphere of uncontrolled funk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hanging Out with the L.A. Rockers | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Fitzgibbons had his share of seagoers, rolling in a slew of long putts over the rippling greens with his center-shafted, zebra-brand putter...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Princeton Shades Linksters in Ivy Donnybrook | 4/22/1977 | See Source »

...Pepper. He thought The Blue Max was great. Hughes bought prints of all the James Bond pictures, but he liked only the ones with Sean Connery. Other favorites were The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Clansman and The High Commissioner. His main favorite was Ice Station Zebra, the story of a U.S.Soviet confrontation on the North Pole. He saw it at least 150 times. When his spirits were high, he sang aloud time and time again the lyrics of that jazz hit, Hey-Baba-Rebop. He drank only Poland mineral water bottled at the spring in Maine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...Neil decided to continue his affiliation with the hoop sport by becoming an accredited basketball referee. For three seasons, Buddy donned the zebra suit and blew the whistle, in the process gaining valuable insight into the many intricate facets of the game. O'Neil's calm demeanor on the Harvard bench towards officials can no doubt be attributed to his initial career on the other side of the fence...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Coach O'Neil: The Freshman's 'Buddy' | 12/17/1975 | See Source »

...Robert Kennedy assassination, the Tate-LaBianca murders, the mass of buried farm workers, the Asian-American eye surgeon and his family slaughtered around their pool, Patty Hearst and her "army," the Zebra killings, and now an attempt to assassinate the President. Perhaps Californians should examine themselves to determine how it could all happen in their state in just seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 6, 1975 | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

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