Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year after the end of a wanton struggle that raged for 19 months, killed 40,000 people and nearly destroyed a nation without noticeable gain for either Christian or Muslim combatants, Lebanon is painfully rebuilding. The primary symbol of the country's hope and determination to once again live at peace with itself is the reconstruction of Beirut, which serves not merely as Lebanon's capital but as home for half of its 3 million people and, until the war crippled it, was a gleaming Middle East social and commercial hub. The fighting devastated Beirut's business...
...monotony so as to clear a space for the next molar crunch of song and dance. It is the tale of Michelle Craig (Minnelli) who became a film star slavishly dependent on her producer-husband, Dan Connors (Barry Nelson), lost him and flopped. She is now trying to re gain her career and born-again self-reliance with a nightclub act in Las Vegas - which is what The Act is about...
...bowling alleys"-and Haynes has concentrated less on an alibi for Davis than on his wife's reputation. Last week he put on the stand William Rufner, a convicted felon and former lover of Priscilla's, hoping to depict him as a possible suspect. Priscilla stands to gain millions by her husband's conviction, Haynes argued, while Gavrel, the other key witness, has a $13 million damage suit pending against Davis...
UConn edged top-seeded New Hampshire, 2-1, in overtime to gain one finalist spot, while UMass wiped out sixth-seeded Springfield, the defending champs, in the other semi-final tilt...
...have survived the election; Councilors Albert "Dapper" O'Neil and Frederick C. Langone did retain their seats. But the three losers, Councilors Louise Day Hicks and John Kerrigan and School Committee member Elvira "Pixie" Palladino, each represented a special facet of Boston's malevolent underside. Whether Hicks and Palladino gain the hundred odd votes they need to win in a recount remains irrelevant because, compared to previous elections, this year's results are a clear repudiation of the trinity that stood for patronage and prejudice...