Word: docs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four-letter alphabet has symbolized a loose moral order imposed by the American film industry on the moviemakers. The rating code is a self-defense mechanism designed to forestall Government interference. The letters Americans see affixed to their movies are really The Word according to Chairman Dougherty-Eugene ("Doc") Dougherty, 52, who has been snipping scenes since 1941 and now heads the Code and Rating Administration. Although Dougherty and the ten board members who serve with him have generally won the praise of exhibitors and the gratitude of parents, there has been increasingly vehement criticism that the categories...
...last weekend I went to Pittsburgh, and I discovered there that baseball still is the national pastime. Visiting a 70-year-old couple, the topic of conversation ranged from Stargell's stride to Oliver's glove. This couple knew Doc Eliss's repertoire of pitches better than Gil Hodges...
...general assumption had been that Papa Doc's death would set off a political explosion in Haiti. Thus it was a major surprise when the country took the event calmly. At first, only a small group of curious gathered outside the palace fence, and only a few extra police and troops stood guard in Port-au-Prince. By the time of the funeral, the crowds and security forces had grown larger. Nonetheless, the city remained peaceful...
...radio address to the country, Jean-Claude vowed to carry on his father's "revolution" with the same "energy and intransigence." The power behind Baby Doc is almost certain to be his elder sister, Marie-Denise 29. whom many Haitians regard as the old dictator's only true spiritual offspring. During the past several years, she has deftly shunted aside possible rivals within the palace inner circle...
Died. Dr. Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier, 64, demagogic ruler of Haiti since 1957 (see THE WORLD...