Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said. . . . The moment they met, everyone could tell that this was the real thing. Actress Joan Crawford and Lassie found each other as winners of Benrus Citation Awards "for outstanding achievements based on time"-the lady as the star with the longest time span in films (45 years), the dog as star of the longest running drama in television (17 years). Gushed Miss Crawford, when she recovered her breath: "I waited 17 years to meet Lassie, and the way he kissed me -he's a real male. Of all my screen kisses, that was the warmest and most affectionate...
Enter the young hero Hans Folk. Though the people ridicule him, a small band of animals join his campaign to overthrow Dra-Dra. A dog tells how: "We'll call out 'Dragon, Dragon!'-a word that he cannot stand to hear." As Hans and his animal followers thus taunt Dra-Dra, the monster becomes so enraged that he soars into the clouds and dives onto his own castle, impaling himself on a turret. Dra-Dra's followers gather at a feast in an attempt to perpetuate the old order. Too late, they realize that the banquet...
...permitted to publish his works, perform in public, or travel outside the German Democratic Republic. He is never mentioned in the East German press. "I am a nonexistent person," he told TIME Correspondent George Taber in East Berlin. "I have been silenced to death.' Then Biermann, whose hound-dog look is accented by baggy eyes and a drooping mustache, picked up his guitar. In his raspy baritone, he began to sing: "Don't wait for better times...
Honor to the Bride, etc. is just what its title is not: brief, deft, racy and funny. Set in the Moroccan city of Meknes, it is a kind of Arab shaggy-dog story that happens to be true...
LINEBACKERS. Jack Ham, Penn State, 6 ft. 2 in., 220 lbs.; Isiah Robertson, Southern University, 6 ft. 3 in., 225 lbs.; and Charlie Weaver, Southern California, 6 ft. 2 in., 217 lbs. Ham, say the pros, is "a good journeyman linebacker who reacts like a bird dog." Able to sense sweeps and reverses, he consistently cracks through for the play-breaking tackle. A speedster, he blocked four punts while at Penn State. Robertson is known as "the black Dick Butkus." Like the Chicago Bears' star, he is a ferocious charger who is in on nearly every play. This season...