Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accounts, Allen lives by his own precepts. Says Brickman: "Woody is scrupulously honest and ethical in the dog-eat-dog business of entertainment. He is a good example, because he has a high moral sense." That includes playing the not always grateful part of the only conscious moralist in Manhattan. Onscreen, Murphy accuses him of playing God (Woody's reply: "I've got to model myself after someone.") Offscreen, Murphy, who is a close friend, says, "Woody could have made a safer picture, like Annie Hall. This film is a lot tougher, harder-edged. And it was a bold step...
...while Don Zimmer leaned back in his chair in the manager's office, keeping cool and vaguely sinister beneath that hungry hound-dog face, George Scott was attracting the attention. And Fred Lynn, Two guys the Boston media had written off their list of interesting personalities last season...
Murphy, who as Cook County's public guardian is responsible for legally incompetent wards of the state, responded with further charges. At week's end, he quoted a psychiatrist's memo that said the center was "virtually a human dog lab." At Murphy's request, a judge issued an order barring destruction of any records that might shed light on the case. Huggins, for his part, left no doubt about what he thought of the suit: "It stinks...
...world champs in The Bronx Zoo. Then there's Philadelphia Phillies Reliefer Tug McGraw, 34. When his arm is in the whirlpool, McGraw's mind is busy thinking up baseball fairy tales for children. He is working on one about a boy from the Bowery and his dog who both make it to the majors and another in which balls, bats and gloves come alive. "I'm sure lots of people want to read the other type of story," says Tug. "But I want to present some positive things that kids can grow around." And maybe make...
...authority to curb Israeli settlements and the right to drill for water on public land, something that has been largely denied them since the Israeli occupation began in 1967. Predicts one U.S. analyst: "If the self-governing authority that is decided on is a real one-not just the dog catchers and the garbage collectors-then the people in the area will get involved. They'll run for election...