Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Puttnam's name was first broached for his new job at a lunch on June 10 between Fay Vincent, Columbia Pictures Industries' chairman, and Thomas Lewyn, Puttnam's lawyer. Vincent had known the British producer since Puttnam made the Turkish jail saga Midnight Express for Columbia in 1978. Ten days later, Vincent traveled to London to meet with the producer. After wavering a bit, Puttnam accepted Columbia's offer...
...film school. He worked as a talent agent for photographers and directors between 1966 and 1968. Then, joining with Agent Sandy Lieberson, he produced his first feature film, Melody. Since then, Puttnam has made 28 pictures, including documentaries (Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?), fast-paced sagas (Midnight Express and The Killing Fields) and lyrical features (Local Hero...
Money-losing People Express, Frontier's troubled, no-frills parent, had pulled the plug on its cash-short subsidiary six weeks after announcing that Frontier was to be sold to powerful United Airlines, the largest U.S. commercial carrier, for $146 million. People executives continued to pursue negotiations with United, which had been pledged some of Frontier's most important assets in return for a $46.7 million advance payment. But the remainder of their original deal was in tatters. At last, on Thursday, Frontier formally filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. Said People Express in a statement: "Unless some other entity...
...Saturday's Stadium Celebration should ask them what's being done to give a real voice in University decision-making to those who aren't middle-aged, pinstriped white men with dark-colored sedans and homes in Belmont or Weston. If the answers seem a bit contrived, alums can express dissatisfaction at annual giving time...
...anti-apartheid activists assured policethat the protests would be "orderly and peaceful,"according to Johnson. "In this case we will followour orders and allow them to express themselvespeacefully...