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The movie industry is accustomed to seeing stars begging for parts. What it is not used to is a part begging for a star. That is exactly what happened, however, when Producer Jerry Wheeler ran a pleading ad in Hollywood's trade publications earlier this year. Didn't anybody, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Reluctance to Play | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

The speech by the relatively obsure conference delegate was televised during the evening news program "Vremya" which is watched nightly by millions of Soviets not accustomed to hearing their leaders criticized by name.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Party Members Criticized at Conference | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

Smith, 59, is by now fairly well accustomed to being treated as an enemy. No Pretoria parish in the Dutch Reformed Church has invited him to speak since he went to Mamelodi. People he thought were friends have turned away. There are telephone calls in the night. "Now that you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rev. Nico Smith: White Among Blacks | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

In the fall, she and her team usually took a fall. As a field hockey player, Kate Felsen was not accustomed to winning.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Highs and Lows Every Year | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Corvey uses the location of housing as an example of individualized issues. Some people were accustomed to living within walking distance of campus, while others preferred to live in the country. All of these preferences are factors in considering what is "comparable" for each incoming professor.

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: It's a Wonderful Life | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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