Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lived with Sister Anne and during his first year in the Big Apple landed two parts (in revivals of Gypsy and Bye Bye Birdie) and an agent-manager named Bob LeMond, who has been with Johnny ever since. "He was a dream," LeMond says. "He got the first part I ever sent him up for, and he's never been turned down since." Young actors currently enduring the rigors of the tough scuffle, or more established ones who still nurse the scars, may be heartened to learn that, in fact, Travolta was rejected in his first movie attempt...
...kids are managers now, huh? And all of them were named Bob. Dale, Richard, Louis, William, Terrence and Stephen. Not a Roberta or Louise or Stephanie in the bunch...
This maneuvering threatened to backfire when it became known. At least one treaty backer, Oregon Republican Bob Packwood, said he was disgusted with such tactics. The presidency would be damaged, said Packwood, if the "public thinks that the treaties were bought." Senator Paul Laxalt, a Nevada Republican and a leader of the antitreaty forces, complained that his side did not have comparable inducements to offer uncommitted Senators...
...Bob Strauss, the marvelously witty U.S. trade negotiator, telephoned Zorinsky, arguing the President's case. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance invited him to the State Department and briefed him for a full hour on the importance of the treaties...
...most ambitious entry in the 60-minute dash is ABC's new 20/20, an hour-long encyclopedia of news, personality sketches, investigative reports, cultural and sociological features and satirical skits, possibly by Chicago's Second City troupe. The show is expected to appear in June. Executive Producer Bob Shanks (ABC's Good Morning, America, public television's Great American Dream Machine) has approached at least a dozen candidates for the host job, including Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, who turned down a $5,000-a-week salary and a promise that he could retain...