Word: famed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...authority of the writer has always been immense in Russia, particularly when his fame abroad was such that the Kremlin had to think twice before destroying him. Under despotism, the writer's voice can assume resonances unknown in the freer societies of the West. Without formal institutions through which protest can be expressed, it is often only the writer who can dare to ask the questions and articulate the agonies of millions. So long as he is not cut down, he contains in his own person the alternative to unthinking obeisance, the witness that conscience and courage still count...
...Chieh-sheng, daughter of famed Marshal Ho Lung by one of his early wives (he has been married nine times), achieved revolutionary fame by denouncing her father as a "despicable swine." She is now an important member of the cultural cadre, boasts that she is closer to Mao than to her own parents...
ADAM 12 (NBC, 7:30-8 p.m.). Jack Webb, of Dragnet fame, puts in another plug for the Los Angeles Police Department as producer of a series about two uniformed cops. Martin Milner and Kent McCord are the stars. Premiere...
...visage on the cover, using the title With Love and Kisses from Tiny Tim-Concert in Fairyland. In New York Supreme Court, Tiny's lawyers argued that his vocalizing has changed as much as his name and demanded that Bouquet stop trying to cash in on his current fame. The judge agreed and slapped a restraining order on Bouquet Records...
...could carry out such a threat, he would have a whole platoon of buffers to contend with. Now that the going is good, he is surrounded by a public relations man, a business agent, a lawyer and an accountant?all devoted to protecting him from himself. They are necessary. Fame has brought Denny fortune?and constant problems. At home, the phone is forever ringing with calls from people pleading with him to visit their store, appear at their nightclub, endorse their product. On the road, Denny's current roommate, Shortstop Ray Oyler, has taken to answering the phone: "Mr. McLain...