Word: cannon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...story so far: daredevil film maker (Apocalypse Now, the Godfather films) and presumptive bankrupt Francis Ford Coppola had just fired himself out of a cannon wearing a fine black beard and a jaunty smile but perhaps (there was a lot of public relations smoke) no leotard. Would he land in a bed of rose petals thrown by critics enraptured by his new film One from the Heart? Would his feud with Paramount Pictures, which had rescued his Zoetrope Studios from financial disaster a year ago, bring down ruin on his head? Or would he succeed in his cheeky gamble...
Last week the value of shares of Cannon Mills jumped from $29 to $35 after Pacific Holding Corp., headed by Los Angeles Investor David Murdock, proposed to buy Cannon's stock for $40 a share. On last week's weak Wednesday, the most actively traded New York Exchange stock was MGIC, the largest U.S. private insurer of residential mortgages. Though it sold for only $43 five weeks ago, MGIC stock was up to $49 last week because the Baldwin-United Corp., maker of Baldwin pianos, has offered to pay $52 a share as part of a takeover move...
From Sheriff Matt Dillon on radio to Private Eye Frank Cannon on TV, Actor William Conrad, 61, has specialized in meting out justice. In his latest role, he is still enforcing the law, but with an Oriental twist. Taking on the title role in a new TV production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, the portly Conrad will insist in his amateur baritone that the punishment fit the crime. "He's a great big cuddly granddad-Santa Claus with a lovely voice," says Singer Kate Flowers, 29, who plays the heroine Yum-Yum in the musical, which...
...strange and oppressive atmosphere was accentuated by the extreme cold. A small demonstration outside Solidarity's regional headquarters had been quickly dispersed by police manning a water cannon, a particularly effective weapon in below-zero weather. But the oppressors were as cold as the oppressed. In parts of the city, soldiers stood around small kerosene fires, stomping on the ground and rubbing their hands...
...last time, there is talk of other fairs carrying on Danbury's traditions. But the old-timers know better: they pack up their ribbons and memories with quiet resignation. Who could forget "The Great Wilno," a leather-clad stuntman who in 1929 was shot out of a cannon over the heads of startled spectators. Or the drenching downpours of 1939, or the clear, crisp days that came to be known as "Leahy's Luck." Or even Cheetah the chimp, who ate hot dogs, swilled soda and adjusted her sunglasses in 1968. Says Vivian Husted, 75, a handsome, white...