Word: happen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lewis asserted, "It could happen anywhere, it just happened to be Literature and Arts...
...other is Saladin Chamcha, a prosperous performer of voice-overs for commercials on British television, returning to his adopted land after a melancholy visit to Bombay and the haunts of his childhood. Miraculously -- preposterously -- they both survive their descent. And then truly strange things begin to happen...
...Hollywood, they say, any bureaucrat can give the thumbs-down to a film proposal, but the ones with real clout are those who can flash a thumbs-up and make it happen. That power used to be the exclusive preserve of the studio moguls. Not anymore. While studios still control the financing, today the man with the golden thumb is Michael Ovitz, an agent and martial-arts buff who works in quiet but irresistible ways. Nearly everyone in show business agrees that Ovitz, 42, president of Creative Artists Agency, is probably the most powerful figure in Hollywood. Some think...
...range missiles might have on their businesses. Michigan Democrat Carl Levin suggested those contacts might create the appearance that Tower had leaked to the contractors secret information about the U.S. arms negotiating position. No, said Tower, he provided only "a sort of academic speculation on what was likely to happen." But why would the contractors pay so much for mere "speculation"? The words "influence peddling," while not pronounced, hung heavy...
...When Sandra gets the puck, you break for the net," Lind said. "She's so fast, you know something's going to happen...