Word: 42nd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city of Rangoon narrowly avoided another bloodbath last week when club- wielding government troops waded into 1,000 protesters on Martyrs Day, which marked the 42nd anniversary of the death of independence hero Aung San. The government reported that 44 people had been "detained...
Sing, written by Dean Pitchford and directed by Richard Baskin, could be called 42nd Street: Duh Motion Pitchuh. It carts all the cliches of a Broadway backstage story to a decrepit Brooklyn Central High and populates it with Sesame Street renegades. Each class puts on a musical skit, or "sing," with groups led by a black, a Greek, an Italian and a Jew -- the "rainbow coalition" that exists only in Hollywood musicals. Yes, the tough Italian stud (Peter Dobson) falls for the sweet Jewish girl (Jessica Steen). And, honest, when the star of her skit gets knocked unconscious, the stud...
...trusted to venture beyond a carefully prepared script. On last week's tour Quayle persuaded at least a few observers that he might be up to the task. As his official plane flew back to Washington, the handful of journalists aboard helped the Vice President celebrate his 42nd birthday by giving him a cake and a present -- a Venezuelan bank note inscribed with: FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: QUAYLE FAILS TO SCREW...
...first time last Saturday, players admitted to Columbia under the relaxed admissions standards took part in a varsity game. For the 42nd straight time, Columbia lost...
...that they will be unredeemed corporate fortresses. Most of the ground floors will consist of shops and restaurants. Furthermore, Developer George Klein has promised to install elaborate commercial signs on the facades. On 42nd Street, Klein and his partners at the Prudential Insurance Co. have agreed to acquire most of nine architecturally precious old theaters (many now showing sex-and-mayhem movies) and spend $9.2 million to renovate those that become nonprofit playhouses. (A new hotel and merchandise mart are also envisioned for the same stretch of 42nd Street.) Finally, Klein and company will spend $81.8 million to spruce...