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...punk rockabilly, the Cramps. The Cramps are the real thing: not hip, because they've lived through too many passing fads. They originally tried to ply their wares in the midwest, about five years ago, but made about as much headway as Abbie Hoffman would at a John Birch convention. Now the band is a mainstay of the New York scene, having made the big move several years ago. The New York press generally slag the band off as a low-budget model of the Tubes or as genetically defected punks, but New York fans know a good thing when...
...children of H.L.'s first marriage, they feud incessantly with the four children of the second marriage, seems to have inherited some of his father's traits. Like H.L., Bunker is a zealot for far-right causes. He is on the national council of the John Birch Society and is said to have angrily quit the University of Texas after one semester because one of his professors suggested that the Government should control all natural resources. Like H.L., Bunker has a penchant for controversy; he is almost constantly enmeshed in lawsuits. In 1975 Bunker and his brother Herbert were tried...
...That year, Carter won with 28% of the vote, followed by Morris Udall (23%), Birch Bayh (15%), Fred Harris (11%), Sargent Shriver (8%), Hubert Humphrey (6%) and Henry Jackson...
Robbins' method of integrating movement with every other theatrical element (including sets and lighting) has influenced nearly all the hit musicals now on Broadway. Indeed, Choreographers Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line) and Patricia Birch (Grease, They're Playing Our Song), as well as Director Martin Charnin (Annie), worked as dancers in earlier productions of West Side Story. Though he does not rule out the possibility, it is unlikely that Robbins, now 61, is going to rejoin his progeny by doing a new show soon. "What interests me is a great challenge," he says, "like doing Uncle...
...worked. Carter, already encouraged by the reception given his showing in Iowa, escaped with 30 per cent of the vote and 13 delegates, seven points and nine delegates ahead of liberal Arizona representative Morris Udall. Birch Bayh, Fred Harris and Sargent Shriver trailed behind, while Henry Jackson missed the boat by not running. His credentials validated, Carter had broken out in front to stay...