Word: compton
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...shock waves set off by the interview seemed magnified simply because Rather was involved. "Dan leaps out like a tiger, and some people don't like that," says ABC Correspondent Ann Compton. "He is a lightning rod for the American people who believe the press is rude." CBS stations around the country were besieged by phone callers criticizing Rather (though pro and con opinions became more evenly divided as the week went on). A Times-Mirror Gallup poll conducted Wednesday showed that Rather's favorable rating among viewers -- already lower than that of either of his two network rivals -- dropped...
...After the Cleveland Jewish News (circ. 15,000) picked up the story, General Mills agreed to change the box cover to a design without the pendant. The offending package had gone through routine approvals, corporate officials explained, but no one at General Mills or its ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi Compton, had noticed the Star of David look-alike...
...Compton, 12 miles southwest of the epicenter, spokeswoman Andrea Guy said "major and minor structural damage" was apparently widespread. City Hall was closed after a woman was struck on the head by a chunk of falling ceiling plaster...
...almost never acted either. Costner was born in Compton, a working-class neighborhood in South Los Angeles. His father, part Cherokee Indian, serviced electrical lines for Southern California Edison. His mother worked for the state welfare department. When Kevin was six, his father was promoted and began moving the family around California. "I was always on the outside," he says. "I didn't feel 'there' until the end of the year, and then we'd move again." He found a niche in high school basketball and baseball. "I had the exhibitionism knocked out of me, though," he says. "During...
Telegenic Charismas by Jeremy Gardiner--Compton Gallery, Building 10-150, MIT (to June...