Word: gambler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...times. In 1979, when Oueddei protested against further Libyan encroachments on his country's territory, Gadaffi placed him briefly under house arrest in Tripoli. Over the years, Gadaffi has provided arms and other assistance to virtually every one of Chad's numerous warring groups, like a cautious gambler spreading his bets. For the moment, at least, his wagers seem to have paid...
...breakdown, suicide. In Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford depicts her mother, Actress Joan Crawford, as a promiscuous lush given to brutal child abuse. In I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, TV Producer Barbara Gordon publicizes the story of her ad diction to Valium. In Memoir of a Gambler, Play wright Jack Richardson details his flings with Las Vegas whores. Rhythm and Blues Singer Marvin Gaye has even turned the bitter themes of a painful 14-year marriage into a hit record album, Here, My Dear. Author-Director Bob Fosse has let it be known that his own life...
...narrow victory can also be credited to its successful development of strategically placed miniseries, made-for-TV movies and other specials. While ABC failed to repeat the triumphs of last season's Roots: The Next Generations and Elvis, CBS scored with Kenny Rogers As the Gambler, Scruples, Nurse and, in the ultimate and decisive week of the season, Guyana Tragedy, a $1.8 million, two-part blockbuster based on the career of the Rev. Jim Jones. Guyana drew 46% of the national audience the first night and 50% the second, wiping out the success of ABC's Academy Awards...
...bumpy start last week. Many of the first flights into the air were only half-full because ticket offices had been so overwhelmed by the rush of customers and the company's malfunctioning computer reservation system showed that the planes were full. The colorful and controversial gambler in the air has spun the wheel again; passengers will decide if he comes up a winner...
...company was clearly headed for disaster in 1968, when Engineer "T" Wilson succeeded Lawyer William Allen as president. Allen had been renowned as an aerospace gambler because of his high-stake bets on the development of Boeing's full line of first-generation passenger jets, the 707, 727, 737 and 747.* Wilson decided that only quick and painful surgery would save the company. He slashed the number of Seattle-area employees from 105,000 to a low of 38,000, shuffled 1,800 members of the top-heavy corporate staff of 2,000 out to field offices and dispersed...