Word: career
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Secord returned to Washington in 1978 to head the Air Force's military- assistance and sales program. There he formed a relationship with Edwin Wilson, the CIA operative turned arms merchant now serving 52 years in federal prison for illegally selling arms to Libya. Secord's career stalled in 1982, when he came under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring with Wilson and others to defraud the U.S. Government of $8 million on an Egyptian arms-shipping contract. He was suspended from duty for a short time, although he was never indicted; he was reinstated with...
Though Gaudio stopped performing with the group more than 15 years ago and his career took off on a different course from Valli's, their fortunes have remained intertwined. Reason: they are still partners despite their professional separation, and they split all income -- whoever earns it -- down the middle. When Gaudio co-produced the music for Manilow's TV special Copacabana, he gave half of his earnings to Valli, who had nothing to do with the show. When Valli headlined a big concert last year at New Jersey's Meadowlands Arena, Gaudio got half the profits even though...
Gaudio and Valli are always looking for new ways to fill their joint coffer. Valli, for example, is trying to launch an acting career. He made a guest appearance on Miami Vice last year and has a major role in an upcoming film comedy called Dirty Laundry. Whatever directions Gaudio and Valli take, they have no thought of breaking their deal. Says Gaudio: "That would be like telling your brother that he couldn't come to dinner anymore. We're family...
...disappeared from a tour and spent a nightmare week in Liverpool, drunk, debauched, close to death, a Walpurgisnacht pitilessly described. A few years later his ankle, often injured, was ruined. He had ulcers. Finally he collapsed onstage in Brooklyn and came down with hepatitis. His performing career was over...
...Down Mama and Rainy Day Man and laughed at his New Hampshire jokes. But in one of the gutsy blues yowls that he had begun to sing in his twangy weathered baritone, he complained about feeling "like some old engine, lost my driving wheel . . ." And that described his stalled career...