Word: dinner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Around dinner time the students sent out for pizza--"We all contributed, but Neustadt contributed the largest chunk," Rubin recalls...
...Boyle's erratic behavior convinced most Omahans that he was unfit even for city hall. Among other embarrassing incidents, the mayor fired the police chief in a feud over traffic tickets issued to his family, and was seen tossing a pat of butter at a county official during a dinner meeting. Last October a citizens' committee charged Boyle with abuse of power, denounced him as "irresponsible, petty and at times downright childish" and called for his ouster...
Taunted by a Marine drill instructor who called them "weenies" and some names not fit to print, the actors rappelled down a 50-ft. tower and clambered up an 80-ft. cliff. They were scared witless by special-effects mortar blasts, booby traps and "enemy" ambushes. Dinner was cold Army rations slathered with Tabasco sauce. Sleep meant grubbing a two-man foxhole and dozing in fitful two-hour shifts, interrupted by guard duty and gunfire. And that was only prelude. Filming of Platoon commenced only after two intense weeks of slogging in the bush...
...steps nice guy ex-cop Jeff Bridges to help her sort out the mess she's in and fill up her bare life and refrigerator while he's at it. He's the kind of man any woman would count herself lucky to find, adept at making dinner while helping you beat a murder rap. And without burning the sauce. It takes a while for Viveca to warm up to this knight-in-shining apron, but it's only a matter of time before the sparks start flying and the buns start burning...
...into the future and the minds of mortals. The swami's brochure, which he gives out to the uninitiated, says "his Holiness has appeared on the scene as our real savior." On Christmas Eve at Marbella, the white-robed swami glided down the marble steps in the middle of dinner, with his 14 disciples arrayed behind him. In an interview with an Indian magazine, the swami was asked what brought the two men together. "We have many common friends in politics and Hollywood," the holy man replied...