Word: cliffes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prays, where small farmers still rise early to work the land, where metropolises are few and far between, and where a man's willingness to roll up his sleeves and work up a sweat is valued above all attributes--in this place--the people have found a new hero--Cliff Finch, a man who has appeared from nowhere to become within two years what the most respected journalists in Mississippi are daring to call the most powerful governor in the history of the state...
...FAILURE of the Mississippi House to ratify the amendment has indeed stirred up a hornet's nest. The members of the House blatantly defied the will of the people personified in Cliff Finch, and the "people" want revenge. After the Mississippi establishment elite has for two years laughed and ridiculed Finch, they can no longer dismiss Finch's adventitious rise to power as incidental or insignificant. On the contrary, Finch's meteoric ascendency can be traced to the changing nature of Mississippi society and the material conditions molding the outlook of its people...
...hours' drive west of Manila in Bataan province, a sprawling 620-mega-watt nuclear power generator is rising on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Its $1.1 billion price tag makes it the most costly single venture in Philippine history. It also represents a record-breaking financial windfall for the country's champion wheeler-dealer, Herminio Disini, 41. His total commissions from the project could top $40 million...
Thus began a bizarre story that might conceivably have been offered as a script proposal to, say, Columbia Pictures. But the plot and the principal characters were real. The actor featured in the opening scene was Cliff Robertson (Obsession). His puzzlement over the unreceived $10,000 check led to the disclosure that David Begelman, 56, the powerful, wheeler-dealer president of Columbia Pictures' film and television divisions, had ripped off his studio to the tune of $61,008; he had forged checks in the name of Robertson and others and had padded his cushiony expense account by an additional...
...president). Hirschfield, who originally wanted to rehire Begelman only as an independent producer, finally relented and asked him to return as president of the movie division. Now Hirschfield appears in danger of losing his post as president of the parent corporation because of his handling of the affair. And Cliff Robertson has to wonder whether by raising the scandal in the first place he may have jeopardized his film career...