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George C. Scott, perhaps hoping that no one will notice him, disinterestedly portrays a heist artist named Walter Upjohn Ballantine, who, in the words of an admirer, is the possessor of "the most spectacular rap sheet" in the FBI'S files. Among Ballantine's most highly regarded credits are shanghaiing an oil tanker in mid-ocean and stealing a million dollars in nickels from the U.S. mint. A crony named Al G. Karp, who looks like a softball that sweats, springs him from the pen to enlist his help on a new scheme: to break a bank called...
Currently, the biggest name in the business is also the newest: Doug Henning. Dressed like a counterculture urchin, the possessor of a small voice and a stature that makes a pencil appear mesomorphic, Henning has proved that the magic boom is bankable-his show grosses some $60,000 per week. At 17, too young to perform in the nightclubs of his native Winnipeg, he flew to Barbados, where he acquired a motorcycle and a sign: MAGICIAN. HAVE RABBIT, WILL TRAVEL. He roamed the island, picking up work as he went. Seven years later, after earning a degree in psychology...
...home of Jordan's honorary consul in Palm Beach, Kleenex Heir James Kimberly, and his wife Jacquie. Then he set about enjoying himself. A day's shooting on a nearby game preserve bagged 40 quail, and an ocean fishing trip in the Atlantic made His Majesty the possessor of a mighty fish: a 130-lb. grouper. A visit to Disney World followed, and finally the mandatory shopping spree, which last year required a special plane to take home the goodies. Asked why Palm Beach had become a popular Hussein holiday spot, Kimberly replied succinctly: "He feels safe here...
...Pittsburgh's Bill Rea hadn't been able to hitch a ride to Princeton's Jadwin Gym with an assistant coach from LaSalle University, Harvard's Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace would be the sole possessor of first place in the long jump competion of the IC4A championships last weekend...
Robert Heron Bork is not used to going unnoticed. Possessor of a jaunty red beard and a formidable conservative intellect, he was a natural standout among his faculty colleagues at Yale Law School, a longtime seat of liberal legal scholarship. He moved to Washington this summer as Richard Nixon's new Solicitor General, but so many other notable law professors swirled through town to advise on Watergate proceedings that Bork scarcely raised a ripple...