Miss Lhopitalier, a middling film actress who used the stage name Tallier, came from a penniless family and had no education beyond grammar school.

Nadine Tallier : Juliette, the hostess of "La belle vie"

Who better to turn to than Graef S. Crystal, relentless tallier of corporate pay - and critic of pay that's too high.

And the latest statistical salvo from Mr. Crystal, that relentless tallier of corporate pay, could give them red faces to match their bulging wallets.

Ever since our initial astounded contact with the race, the question has recurred: Are they of the family of man- the "bifurcate, bibrachiate, monocephaloid, polygamtte/' as Tallier Chantron waggishly puts it-or are they not?