Word: amateurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first meet is, by any measure, an unlikely hero. His self-image is a familiar and obnoxious one: cocky, fool-hardy American punk bopping around the Mideast with his girl and his stash. Played by Brad Davis in his flashy feature film debut, Billy comes off as a hopeless amateur in the contraband business, the kind of sunglassed shmuck who chews gum and smokes a Winston at the same time while a suspicious customs agent checks his bags. Naturally, Billy does not read the papers; otherwise he would have known about the tight security checks at Istanbul airport caused...
Paris K.C. Barclay '78-4, a HRDC member, said yesterday that Brustein's professional and rigorous approach to drama would "scare away" the amateur performers and split drama students into two groups. Career-oriented theater students will be drawn to the Loeb, and House shows and amateur organizations will suffer, Barclay said...
...response to student concern that his program will intimidate amateur performers, Brustein said "I don't believe students will be scared away. Theater takes a lot of courage anyway...
...promoted him at a gay bar in Atlanta, at a recording studio in New York City--unique places. The sidebar to this promo trip--which included a catered buffet and booze and whatever quaaludes, reds and vals you could cop from the local rockies--was a brief look at amateur female boxing champ "Cat" Davis...
Psst... want to speculate against the dollar? It's easy - even if the amateur lacks the cash or savvy to deal in the big-time foreign-exchange markets. For $26.75 almost anybody can buy a traveler's check denominated in German marks or Japanese yen; $32.95 gets one denominated in Swiss francs. The buyer can hold it as long as he likes and then cash it in at the exchange rate prevailing that...