Word: facing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally the wraps are off. The "21" Club, New York City's legendary oasis for high-rolling power brokers and celebrity watchers, opened its famed iron gates after a four-month face-lift, a reported $8 million exercise in cosmetic surgery that included the premises, the food and the menu as well. The big question: Has "21" changed? Has the new owner-management team dared to alter the setting or, even worse, change the food? Do they still make the famous hamburger? And, in effect, will we still be able to love it and hate...
...acquaintance says he has a "passion for detail and no time for mavericks" and that he maintains a studied aloofness with underlings. Associates consider Reed to be direct and serious, possibly to a fault. Says Investment Banker William Donaldson, a fellow outside director of Philip Morris: "He likes to face reality, no matter how harsh it might...
Officers were honored at Wednesday night'sceremonies for service "above and beyond the callof duty" and their conduct in life endangeringcases. The prestigious award for valor, whichhonors bravery in the face of personal injuryrisk, went to John Rooney who chased and disarmeda burglar...
...door playing the caddish pilot Yang Sun. When Brecht spoke of emotionally "distancing" the audience from the actors, he was thinking in terms of yards, not light-years. Though Shipley's male alter-ego Shui Ta is an outstanding piece of physical acting (her face is concealed by a mask), she never quite makes you believe that Shen Te was either a prostitute or someone who Did It All For Love. Joseph Costa is fine as an unemployed hobo, but in the important supporting role of the Policeman he couldn't make the Keystone Kops second string. What's worse...
Boston, trying to reach the final round for the fourth straight year, can do so by winning Game 6 tomorrow night in Pontiac, Mich. The winner of the series will face the Los Angeles Lakers, who swept Seattle to win the Western Conference...