Word: fame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...endless repetition of a fast and short musical phrase. The boogie was almost lost in the mass of rock influences until Canned Heat revived it in their 1968 single "On the Road Again". "Boogie Music." The single brought boogie back into vogue and gave the group a measure of fame they had been unable to attain as a blues band...
...that lost naivete, still subject to my curiosity about what the man behind the actor was really like. Admittedly, my mind was more agitated than my heart when I knocked on the door to his suite, but casual as I now felt in the realization of his relatively small fame. I was still letting myself remain skittishly impressionable...
...grown in stature, but only that people tend to remain, somewhat endearingly, the same. Jason Robards is the alcoholic ex-matinee idol trying to make a comeback, Maureen Stapleton is the wife to whom he clings, and George Grizzard is the young director with a shark-toothed hunger for fame...
...next 17 years his powerful hitting was matched only by his deft fielding at third base. He had a lifetime batting average of .320, drove in more runs than any other Pirate in history (1,273), and in 1948 was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. In 1969 U.S. sportswriters voted him the best third baseman in baseball history...
...first season as a Dodger in 1909, Wheat's trademarks were a distinctive shimmy in the batter's box and a screaming line drive that earned him the 1918 National League batting title, a lifetime average of .317, and election to baseball's Hall of Fame. Once characterized as "165 Ibs. of scrap iron, rawhide and guts," Wheat set team records for total hits (2,804), games played (2,318) and times at bat (8,859). His final home run as a Dodger was hit while he was suffering from a broken ankle; he collapsed while rounding...