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...that I began to realize the extent of my notoriety. And those rumors were rich. I'd learned that I was the biggest bitch to hit the 'Cliffe; that I was the most promiscuous miss in town, well-nigh a nymphomaniac; that I was, get this, a Moaner, a Screamer, a Scratcher; that I was the Body-by-Fisher Fisher (I wasn't) and as a baby heiress I'd been promised to a son of my daddy's tycoon pal; that I was a Lesbian...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Goodbye to All That, and Good Riddance | 9/1/1973 | See Source »

...three-line screamer headlines in The New York Times are about over," Price said. "I can't think of anything they can do for an encore...

Author: By Emily Wheeler, | Title: Faculty Say Watergate Differs From Past Political Scandals | 5/4/1973 | See Source »

...current Broadway role as Mel, the harried adman who is having a mental breakdown, Falk sees more of the "screamer and worrier" he would like to be. "I'm incredibly even-natured, and I don't like that," he says. "It's better when an actor responds like a child -fast. For the short haul, I find a maniac more interesting than someone in control." Still, he is the first to admit in his best hangdog manner that it is too late for a lifelong mutt to become a high-strung thoroughbred. As he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Mutt for All Seasons | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

...front-paged HUNT TWO IN SUBURBAN CRIME SPREE, while the Daily News ran the story for a paltry six paragraphs on page 5. By the time the third edition appeared, the Daily News story was front-paged at three times the original length, while Today had shortened its earlier screamer and dropped it back to page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Chicago's War of the Losers | 8/9/1971 | See Source »

...companion attachment outside the house will add a howling horn to the cacophony. Advertisements for security products often play on the public's fears of the prowly world of burglars, narcotics addicts and psychotics. Alarm-tronics Engineering of Newton, Mass., claims in its ads that its earsplitting electronic screamer "overcomes intruders with a compelling psychological desire to flee area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: The Rising Wages of Fear | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

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