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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hall did not stay out of the talk-show ring for long. In 1986 he joined Marilyn McCoo as co-host of Solid Gold, a syndicated music show. Then he got a call from the Fox Network, asking him to be a last-minute replacement for Frank Zappa as fill-in host of The Late Show, which had just dumped Rivers, its original star. Hall's stint went so well that he was asked back twice the following week. Soon he was doing the program full time...
Which pretty much leaves work. In addition to the five-day-a-week grind of his show, Hall has taped some antidrug commercials and is working with Reebok to promote a shoe that would "pay tribute to antiapartheid awareness." He co-wrote and co-produced his new Chunky A record album. Its cuts include a comic rap number, a satire of raunch rock ("Let me check your oil with my dipstick") and a straight-faced antidrug anthem titled Dope...
...funds to subsidize homosexuality. Officials replied that they were trying to provide an education for young people who might otherwise be denied one. The school does not seek to reinforce homosexuality, although it stresses the solidarity of minorities and the contributions of gay role models. Says A. Damien Martin, co-founder of the institute: "At first most help came from straight professionals, because the gay and lesbian community was afraid that if they reached out to the young they would be considered child molesters. The greatest fear of a gay person is that they will be considered a perverter...
...Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The awards, named for the Commerce Secretary who died in 1987, were , established by Congress to motivate U.S. companies. Given for the first time last year, they have already become a sought-after prize in corporate America. Collecting the other 1989 award: Milliken & Co., a leading textiles manufacturer based in Spartanburg, S.C. Bush, who has seized the quality banner to promote American competitiveness, presented the awards at the Commerce Department before 500 business and Government leaders...
...Hall to see the Rockettes do their high kicks with uncanny precision. But last week the Manhattan landmark, which houses U.S. companies ranging from General Electric to Simon & Schuster, took on a fresh symbolism. Control of the 19-building center passed into foreign hands when Japan's Mitsubishi Estate Co. agreed to pay $846 million for a 51% share of the Rockefeller Group, which owns most of the complex...