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Colby responded to Wynn's gesture by sweeping the doubles matches. Although the first and third matches were won in straight sets, it was Heartbreak City at number two for Anne Koufman and freshman Patty Wenn, as the tandem lost tiebreakers in the first and third sets and the match...
...already talking about turning pro, and so is his pal Scott, who is also keeping a veterinarian career in mind in case things do not work out. This slightly skeptical and eminently practical attitude probably has its origins in Scott's first taste of traditional show biz heartbreak. "You know," he says, "I wanted to keep my hat from the movie. But they wouldn...
...agreement with the 24 banks was delayed by Haack's darkest day at Lockheed, when Canada abruptly pulled out of a $1.06 billion order for 18 Orion antisubmarine patrol aircraft. "I tell you," says Haack, "you haven't known heartbreak until a billion-dollar deal is canceled on you on two minutes' notice." The order collapsed over a billion-dollar misunderstanding: Ottawa and Lockheed each thought the other was to be responsible for financing early stages of the contract. But Lockheed may still not have lost the Canadian business: Haack has submitted a new proposal stretching...
Imagine a rock-'n'-roll act starting out in the late 1950s, a group starring three sisters, slightly reminiscent of the Supremes. That is the notion behind Sparkle, a casually enjoyable excursion into the predictable heartbreak and unlikely triumphs of show biz. Sister (Lonette McKee) is the eldest, beautiful, with a fatal instinct for the wrong kind of man. Dolores (Dwan Smith) is vaguely uneasy about everything, whether it is performing or walking down the Harlem streets. Sparkle, the youngest (Irene Cara), is the most innocent, and perhaps the most talented. Under the tutelage of a good fellow...
After a brief rest and a briefer call home (Van Nuys, Calif.), Bromwich went to dinner at Quincy House. Later he stretched out his blistered feet and Heartbreak Hill weary legs and watched a return of Rhoda. "It just goes unsaid that the Boston Marathon is the big time," Bromwich said...