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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with RCA Records up in New York. All three of his albums have been gushed over by critics. He has had three No. 1 country hit singles-one of which offers a shot of sheer country angst: My heart is breakin' like the tiny bubbles./ She's actin' single, I'm drinkin' doubles. The success of songs like that makes Fort Pierce mighty proud, especially the 31 Stewarts listed in the phone book, all of whom are related to Gary some way or other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...March 25, over ABC, he will make his dramatic debut in a TV movie of Mark Twain's classic. He will play Duke, the sweet-talking con man. His country music fans may be disappointed. "I wouldn't want to mix singin' in with the actin'," explains Merle. "That way, if I mess up, I can at least salvage something for my career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 3, 1975 | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

...witnessed). She became one of the school's infamous "bad kids," outwardly "as appealing as a belligerent black porcupine." But when Almira was in the eighth grade, Lois Stalvey finally won her trust; Almira asked her help in writing a book "about when I knew I was actin 'bad because I was feelin 'bad." Maybe, she said, "it'd help other kids to read about what happened." But Almira had only written five pages of the book when she abruptly moved from the neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Making Bad Kids | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...administrator the appointee would in turn have total control over the editorial content of the Alligator and would be empowered to name and dismiss all editors and staff members. The first editor publisher designated by O'Connell as a seven year employee of the university who has lately been actin director of student publications a technical and management position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Free Press | 9/20/1972 | See Source »

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