Word: fannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hatred. "It was the only avenue of escape I had from myself," he admits. "It's never been difficult to subjugate myself to a part because I don't like myself too well. Acting was, in every sense, my means of survival." In Scott's case, that is not fan-magazine hyperbole. When the mask is off and he is living his own life, Scott has often turned to savage punishment of himself and those around him. He has candidly called his heavy drinking "an addiction" and saloons, for their easy conviviality, "a very necessary part of my life...
...most influential man on Capitol Hill, is opposed to it. It is equally difficult to envision how the U.S. can evolve any coherent trade policy while Nixon and Mills remain locked in their classic confrontation. A prolonged deadlock threatens to further strain relations between Washington and Tokyo, and to fan protectionist sentiment, which has been rising alarmingly among U.S. businessmen and unionists. To bring the situation under control, Nixon, Mills -and free-trading U.S. businessmen -must rethink their positions and seek some new initiatives...
...order to publicize the brand name. His idea is only one of many received by RJ. Reynolds Industries, the nation's largest cigarette maker. An amateur strategist proposed rigging an airplane with flashing lights that would spell out CAMEL or WINSTON on night flights, and a camera fan offered the use of a device that he said could project the word Winston on clouds or buildings...
...someone they consider undesirable. Tom Leathers remembers that a couple of years ago, Bobby Bell, the Kansas City Chiefs' great linebacker, wanted to buy in Leawood. Bell is black. Leathers telephoned a member of the Kroh family and appealed with all the eloquence of a dedicated Chiefs fan: he was told that nothing was up for sale at the time, so Bell went elsewhere...
...accounted for by grandmothers and indulgent aunts bearing gifts. The books are standard stock (along with E.B. White, The Wizard of Oz and Dr. Seuss) in virtually every U.S. bookstore with a children's section. The publisher, Harper & Row, reports receiving upwards of 3,000 fan letters a year (which they answer with a form letter originally prepared by Mrs. Wilder...