Word: agente
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...writing. It was 1949; the infant medium of television was ravenous for material; the new team needed just one break in order to kiss baby pictures goodbye ? and Lear typically made it for them. Posing as a New York Times reporter, he got Danny Thomas' phone number from an agent. He called Thomas and offered him a piece of material for a benefit engagement that night at Ciro's in Hollywood. "How long wilt asked Thomas. "How long do you need?" replied Lear. "Seven minutes." Simmons and Lear wrote and delivered a routine in two hours, and Thomas liked...
...lived-in girl. Born into what she calls a "poor, but not terribly poor, traditional Taiwanese family," her childhood was far from blessed. The family never ate extravagantly, and Shu Qi (who grew up as Lin Li-huei but had her name changed at age 17 by a Taiwanese agent who thought it sounded more artistic) was seldom allowed to buy things for herself. She remembers a childhood education "revolving around hitting and scolding." That helped make her grow up quickly and with an independent streak. "I wasn't like an ordinary little 13-year-old who is raised...
...Today it is vital as an emulsifier and suspension agent in soft drinks and candy bars and as a stabilizer in cosmetics and newspaper ink. Scientists have yet to find or invent an exact alternative to the amber-like substance, so products such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Minute Maid rely on imports from Sudan, which supplies more than 80% of the world market...
...Peck. "He didn't really have time to develop an ideology or a message." The fact that Lumumba could be effective at all was something of a miracle. By the time of independence, the Belgians had allowed only 17 Congolese to obtain a university education. Larry Devlin, a CIA agent in the Congo at the time, agrees with Michela Wrong that Lumumba tried to use the Russians but was never really a communist. "Poor Lumumba. He was no communist," said Devlin. "He was just a poor jerk who thought 'I can use these people.' I'd seen that happen...
...good time jumping on the players," Ziggy testified. "They were yelling out, 'There are no rules.'" Ziggy saw Ewing, with legs spread and an entertainer giving him oral sex, as Kaplan looked on. "Steve is a very big Knicks fan," Ziggy offered for the jury's sake. (Ewing's agent David Falk did not return TIME's phone call seeking a response to Ziggy's allegations. Nor would a Knicks spokeswoman comment...