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...range from the Big Band and bobby-sox eras to the film comeback in the mid-'50s, the "Only the Lonely" albums and a restive retirement. On the trajectory, four marriages and innumerable crises leave indelible marks on the face and style. At one taping he finally berates himself--"Drink, drink, drink. Smoke, smoke, smoke. Schmuck, schmuck, schmuck!"--and tries to change his ways. Through it all, the perfectionist raises pop singing to an art, and the philanthropist never quits. How has Ol' Blue Eyes endured and prevailed for five decades? A doctor, naming Sinatra an honorary staff member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Frank Sinatra, My Father | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...writers who appeared were Joan Didion, Susan Sontag, William Styron, John Updike, Woody Allen and Mailer himself, who agreed to debate sometime Archrival Gore Vidal. Indeed, the Vidal-Mailer matchup was a major draw for the series, and no wonder: their previous encounters have been dramatic, head-butting and drink-throwing affairs. But the latest showdown was disappointing. "A meeting between two toothless tigers," Mailer called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rampancy of Writers | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...first of several scandals occurred when Defense Minister Robert Coates was forced to resign after an Ottawa newspaper revealed that he had visited a West German strip club during a tour of NATO installations and shared a drink with a woman who described herself as an "exotic dancer." Fisheries Minister John Fraser resigned early last September in the furor that followed a television program's disclosure that he had allowed tainted tuna to be sold to Canadian consumers. And a few days later, Communications Minister Marcel Masse had to leave the Cabinet (he has since returned) while the Royal Canadian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Charisma Is Not Enough | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...that Clara Peller has stopped demanding "Where's the beef?" Five years after his first commercial, Ernest has become a national phenomenon, appearing in nearly 3,000 television ads, almost all of them for local sponsors in 100 TV markets. Last week, on behalf of a soft drink and a bed company, he began assaulting viewers in New York City, who don't yet know what has hit them. The man behind the big mouth, Kentucky-born Actor Jim Varney, 36, attributes Ernest's popularity to his unabashed intrusiveness: "He thinks he's really being helpful, giving wonderful advice when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Some industry watchers think that a run-up in prices may force people to other drinks. Says Jules Rose, chairman of Sloan's Supermarkets, a chain in the New York City area: "Every time there's a noticeable increase in coffee prices, there's a drop in consumption. I think people will decide coffee prices are so high that it would be better to drink tea or soda. It's not the same caffeine kick, but it's a kick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bitter Harvest | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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