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...their eyes in a split-second transport of fraudulent bliss, and smack their lips minutely upon nothing, as if releasing little butterflies. A somewhat rarer treat: the "hair tangle," which requires a tall, long-haired woman and a shorter man; woman inclines head to offer cheek, man goes to peck cheek, woman's hair falls in way, man ends with lips and glasses entangled in hair. Rapid disengagement follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE GREAT KISSING EPIDEMIC | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

...ever accused Rosalynn Carter of dressing daringly. The new First Lady comes across as Peck & Peck's good girl, appearing in neat, classically modest outfits that always seem to look like last year's models. The dress she has chosen for the Inaugural Ball will be older: for sentimental reasons, she is wearing the same blue chiffon gown she wore six years ago at her debut as the First Lady of Georgia. But besides something old and blue, she will also have something new-an ice blue evening cape by New York Designer Dominic Rompollo, who launched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Inaugural Togs: Less Is More | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

Safer bets are MacArthur and A BridgeToo Far. MacArthur will attempt to repeat the success of Patton by island-hopping across the Pacific with the imperious five-star general. Gregory Peck, who plays the lead, studied old newsreels to catch MacArthur's flamboyance and even shaved the crown of his head to match the general's little bald spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Get Ready for Blood, Sweat and Women | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

Campbell plans to open up the offense but isn't looking for the big play. "We'll throw the ball more than we have been," he says, as the game plan is "to peck at them" with straight ahead runs interspersed with Moffie aerials to McAvoy and Art Pusinelli...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Lion Legacy | 11/13/1976 | See Source »

...Bridge Too Far, Producer Joseph E. Levine's version of the battle of Arnhem in World War II, and Apocalypse Now, Director Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Viet Nam. Last week MacArthur, Hollywood's newest bombs-and-bullets epic, began production, with Gregory Peck starring as the general who made a famous return to the Philippines in 1944-and an equally notorious departure from Korea seven years later. "For better or for worse, if I'm remembered at all, I'll be remembered for this role," intones Peck, "simply because it's Douglas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Religion, Sep. 6, 1976 | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

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