Word: dees
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...corporate Don Quixote who went after CBS or the peace-loving impresario of the Goodwill Games, those close to him have always known Turner was haunted by a self-imposed deadline. "Ted felt that his father had died tragically and it was his duty to die tragically," says Dee Woods, his assistant of 16 years. Says James Roddey, a former Turner Broadcasting executive and sailing partner of Turner's: "He envisioned himself as part of a tragedy being played out onstage. While everyone kept stopping the show with applause, he knew how it was going to come...
...well as to McCartney's own ethnic background), born during the air raids of 1942 (Part 1, War). The second, third and fourth sections (School, Crypt and Father) detail typical adolescent angst, including the death of Shanty's dad. In the oratorio's second half, the hero meets Mary Dee, marries her (Wedding), impregnates her (Work), fights with her (Crises) and finally, after a traffic accident that almost claims her life and that of their unborn child, reconciles with her (Peace). "So on and on the story goes/ From day to day throughout our lives," sings Shanty in the work...
...Right Thing with Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee...
Ripley's Scarlett and Rhett are at least vaguely recognizable. Scarlett comes up with a well-placed "Fiddle-dee-dee" here and there, and Rhett remains a veritable sultan of sarcasm. Somehow, though, one gets the impression that Ripley had the Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable movie characters in mind when she wrote this novel. Scarlett and Rhett say all the right things and make all of the right gestures, but they lack substance...
...DEE-FENSE...