Word: gowers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When he found out he had cancer before hissenior year, he was determined to graduate," aclose friend Lynne S. Gower said. "He wanted thatdiploma. He was determined to finish, and somehowhe...
...pain, but he never wouldshow it," said Gower. "He always said when he wasdown that he didn't really have it that bad--thatthere were a lot of people worse...
...friends recalled his sincerity and hissense of humor as Corwin's most unique anddesirable traits. "He'd always come up with a lineso fast," said Gower. "He'd say it seriously, andeveryone would stop and pause. Then everyone wouldlaugh hysterically...
...shows a modest profit. So perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of the Broadway year was last week's Big Deal, a splashy, sassy, streetwise show from Bob Fosse. As choreographer or director, Fosse, 58, staged ten consecutive hits, from 1955's Pajama Game to 1978's Dancin'. Since Gower Champion's death in 1980 and Harold Prince's semiretirement after the 1985 fiasco Grind, Fosse has stood alone in his capacity to make movement seem magic. On the strength of his name, ticket buyers gave Big Deal a $1.5 million advance. The Shubert Organization invested $1.1 million co-producing...
Readers of Anne Tyler novels have come to expect eccentric homebodies (Morgan Gower of Morgan's Passing, Ezra Tull of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant), but none combined oddities as well as Macon Leary. His occupation, for example, is matchless. Would you believe a travel writer for people who hate to travel? His guidebooks, published under the general heading "The Accidental Tourist," answer such questions as "What restaurants in Tokyo offered Sweet'n'Low? Did Amsterdam have a McDonald's? Did Mexico City have a Taco Bell? Did any place in Rome serve Chef Boyardee ravioli?" Like his unadventurous readers...