Word: greenwich
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Number one player, junior Sally Roberts from Greenwich, Conn., heads the field of returning starters, which includes Captain-elect Katie Ditzler (number three last year), Terry Clarke, injury-prone Diana Olney, Beth Craig and Patty Wen. J.V. standouts Perry Heffelfinger, Abby Greenbaum and Liz Livingstone saw occasional varsity court time last season, and should be ready to make the permanent jump this year...
...teacher in Peoria had encouraged him to become a performer, and when he returned from Germany he started a routine there at a little club. In 1963 he went to New York City and cabarets in Greenwich Village. He wanted to be like Bill Cosby, the first black comedian to achieve national success. As he remembers, he said to himself: "Goddamn it. This nigger's doin' what I'm fixin' to do. I want to be the only nigger. Ain't no room for two niggers...
...cruised with their off-duty lights on, trying to negotiate high-priced deals, charging as much as $50 for the trip from Shea Stadium to Manhattan, which normally costs about $10. Cold cans of beer and soda went for $3 in Forest Hills, Queens. An ice-cream vendor in Greenwich Village did a brisk business. As the temperature in his refrigerated case dropped, so did his prices?until he finally gave away free but slightly soggy cones...
Obsessive Labor. There may be a touch of madness in this method, but De Niro has never really tried any other. Given the results, he would obviously be crazy to stop now. The son of two Greenwich Village artists, De Niro was only 16 when he snared his first serious acting jobs. Some 14 lean years and much obsessive labor followed before he gained wide recognition in Bang the Drum Slowly. Only two years later, in 1975, he won an Academy Award for his role as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II. "I wasn't what...
They also have a brownstone in New York's Greenwich Village. In both cities De Niro knows all the joints that are off the map, small Italian restaurants and bars where he orders Black Russians. Several of his friends are people who have come to prominence in Hollywood in the past few years: Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Barry Primus. De Niro is a superior stunt man (pratfall division), and he can put anyone away with a moment of devastating mimicry...