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14 picks · 1972–1990

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DEVASTATION
a reporter at large ·

Writer gives an account of a train derailment which killed two people in a suburb of San Bernadino, CA, and caused a subsequent rupture of a fuel pipeline …

Vanished Overnight, But Not Forever
fiction ·

This story begins with a quotation from "People" magazine which tells of the decline of Marguax Hemingway who was finally helped at the Betty Ford clinic. …

Jock is Back
fiction ·

("Dallas" update: For a while recently, it seemed possible that Jock Ewing, family patriarch, presumed dead in a South American plane crash, was alive and …

The Last Mrs. Aspair
fiction ·

Victoria Feldman is at a large dinner party given by her cousin, Sophie Aspair, who is known as the last Mrs. Aspair, although there are others. Sophie was…

Eclectic, Reminiscent, Amused, Fickle, Perverse—I
profiles ·

Music executives in the late sixties were often cynical about rock stars—but never about Ahmet Ertegun, the Atlantic Records chairman who practically signed them all, George W. S. Trow writes.

Bobby Bison's Energy Budget For The Eighties
fiction ·

These days if you press Bobby too closely about his energy budget, Bobby will get too anxious. I'll run down some of the things that have come up so …

I Cover Carter
shouts & murmurs ·

Parody of diary notes from reporter on the 1976 Democratic Convention, the Presidential campaign, the Inauguration, and the beginning of Carter's …

Prince Philip Will Not Be Stereotyped
fiction ·

Prince Philip has started an interior-decorating firm in his continuing efforts to express himself in his own way and not rely on his wife's fame for …

Haute, Haute Couture
our local correspondents ·

George W. S. Trow profiles the former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, as she prepares a fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, titled “Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design.”

The Biggest Event This Year
a reporter at large ·

George W. S. Trow’s 1974 account of the wedding of Sly Stone and Kathy Silva, at Madison Square Garden.

MONEY MUSIC
profiles ·

PROFILE of Kal Rudman, who promotes records & picks hits in the AM-Top-Forty-radio section of the popular-music business. At 42 & a former disc jockey, he …

THE BIGGEST EVENT THIS YEAR
a reporter at large ·

George W. S. Trow’s 1974 account of the wedding of Sly Stone and Kathy Silva, at Madison Square Garden.