Word: franked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Deane and John Balderston, in which Bram Stoker's 1897 epistolary novel was moved up to the 1920s--the version that brought fame to Bela Lugosi (whom I saw play it here in Boston near the end of his life) and is now doing the same on Broadway for Frank Langella. Nor is it the later adaptation by Crane Johnson, which I have never seen...
...ideological lines has complicated the lobbyist's life, it has also given him fertile ground in which to cultivate votes. So too has the decrease in White House leverage on Congress. This is partly due to the relative ineffectiveness of Carter's own lobbyists on the Hill. "I like Frank Moore," says one labor lobbyist about the President's chief congressional liaison, "but he's a greenhorn. He's lost in Congress." Carter's own mild approach to Congress is also at fault. Some veterans on the Hill vividly recall Lyndon Johnson's brutal lobbying as President. "What...
...REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER Directed by Blake Edwards Screenplay by Frank Waldman, Ron Clark and Blake Edwards
...higher the price, and the better the quality, the more they are buying. Furs and jewels are selling as if buyers thought minks were becoming an endangered species and South Africa's mines were giving out. Reports John Eyler, merchandising manager for Oregon's Meier and Frank department stores: "We've never sold so much fine china or silver. It's selling like crazy." Adds Lasker Meyer, senior vice president of the Houston-based Foley's chain: "Our big-ticket items have been very strong...
...Rose has been a remarkably efficient hitting machine since winning rookie of the year honors in 1963. He has batted over .300 twelve times in the past 13 seasons, a relentless production that has carried him past Frank Frisch's record for switch-hitters and into the select circle of 3,000-hit men. While breaking Holmes' record, Rose performed with the tenacious concentration that has marked his career. Six times he kept the streak alive on his last turn at the plate...