Word: cannonism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Hugo Zacchini, 77, a circus performer who, while musing about the trajectory of the grenades he had to duck as an Italian artilleryman during World War I, conceived his famous human cannonball act; of a stroke; in San Bernardino, Calif. Using a compressed-air cannon, Zacchini made his maiden flight (some 130 ft.) in Cairo in 1922. In 1929, John Ringling lured him to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where he performed for another 32 years...
...department cautioned against such actions in the future, but not a single officer will be subject to disciplinary action. Among the guests: Vice Admiral W.D. Houser, deputy chief of naval operations for air warfare; Admiral John P. Weinel, former planning director for the Joint Chiefs; Nevada Democratic Senator Howard Cannon, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Tactical Air Power; and Democratic Representative Robert Legett of the House Armed Services Committee. All were in a strong position to help Northrop sell...
General Dynamics attracted the real pros: Senators Strom Thurmond and Howard Cannon and Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who may have about $2 billion in aid to spend on weapons if Congress approves the Israeli-Egyptian accord. They climbed into a mock-up cockpit of the F-16 fighter and were briefed on a computerized projection device...
...Curry doesn't start Saturday Jimmy Cannon or George Ticknor will probably...
...local programs. That is the only time when independents feel they are competitive, and they are willing to pay a lot for a show. But All in the Family is ineligible for that time slot. So are crime series. Quinn Martin, who produces The Streets of San Francisco and Cannon, predicts: "It's going to force the networks into giving producers more money to make these shows if we can't make any money from syndication...