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Word: hawing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once upon a time there was probably no cotton-pickin' way to get Sammy Davis Jr., 56, onto the set of a television show like the yahoo repertory Hee Haw. But that was before the onetime freedom marcher ("I was there in Selma") was paid a backstage call by Roy Clark, 49, during a stint in Las Vegas. Next thing he knew Sammy was onstage in Nashville, with Minnie Pearl, 69. Says Davis: "I really felt welcome. We're all family." He even brought along his own wardrobe: six huge diamond rings, two diamond-and-gold bracelets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 19, 1982 | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...Wodehouse and made no charges against him. But, as Sproat states, while by a jury one must be proven guilty, by the public one must often be proven innocent. Sentiment raged against Wodehouse following the war. The British people were still stinging with the memory of the notorious "Lord Haw-Haw" who during the war had terrified civilians over the airwaves...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Clearing Wodehouse's Name | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...McGuire will tell you 10 or 20 times a game is the "Player of the Century." Unfortunately for Cavalier Coach Terry Holland, the loss of Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker ro graduation means that opposing teams will be able to put a lot more pressure on Sampson. No matter haw good he really is, the big guy won't be able to do wonders when he is triple-teamed around the basket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roundball Roundup | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

MARRIED. Bruce Jenner, 31, Olympic decathlon champion in 1976, who is now pursuing an acting career (Can't Stop the Music); and Linda Thompson, 30, actress (TV's Hee-Haw) and onetime girlfriend of Elvis Presley; he for the second time, she for the first; on the beach in Oahu, Hawaii...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 19, 1981 | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

CHARLIE McCOY, music director of Hee Haw, the syndicated hick TV program, said about his show, "It's the most important thing that's ever happened to country music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN ONE EAR & OUT THE OTHER | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

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