Word: fame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lemmon's fame had its humble roots in New York...
...John Andariese, Albert's Knicks broadcast partner. Ironically, the sportscaster scandals were revealed just as the two men were being honored for their careers. Gifford received a lifetime achievement award at the Sports Emmy Awards, and Albert will be given a similar honor at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., later this week. So, there you have it, sports fans: lifetime achievement awards tarnished by the day's headlines...
...Jamie Tarses, and what has she done to deserve this? At 33, she's the youngest person--and the first woman--ever to run the entertainment division of one of the Big Three networks. Nearly a year ago, ABC hired her away from NBC, where she had gained fame for overseeing the development of such hits as Friends and Mad About You--just the sort of young, hip programmer who might be able to revitalize a struggling network with an impatient new corporate parent, the Walt Disney...
These two men, who achieved international fame and fortune peddling their respective though vastly different habit-forming products, seem to have been destined for a literary rendezvous. But where? Escobar and his remorseless crew are too malignant for Garcia Marquez's familiar magic realism. Fortunately, the author learned the writer's trade in journalism, where the best editorial advice still comes from Hamlet's mother: "More matter, with less...
...bitterly partisan Washington, Senate Republicans can make a name by morphing into one-man roadblocks. Alabama's Richard Shelby clocked 15 minutes of fame by stopping CIA nominee Anthony Lake, who eventually withdrew. Orrin Hatch, head of the judiciary committee, last week abruptly postponed hearings for Eric Holder to be Deputy Attorney General because Holder's office once asked the IRS to delay a probe of D.C. police officers. Fifty-seven other presidential nominations are awaiting congressional approval...