Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even Luther Terry, who slapped warnings on cigarette packs 24 years ago. It's a fair guess that Terry was never air-kissed by Elizabeth Taylor, the butt of jokes in Johnny Carson's monologue, was never a visitor to the set of Golden Girls, and never lectured Hollywood producers about showing safe sex in their programs. Antismoking is a small part of Koop's crusade; AIDS, child abuse, domestic violence, pornography, old people, drunk driving and Baby Doe regulations made Koop one of the most visible officials in Washington. Now at airports people offer to carry his bags...
...times when our lives are clearly leading us." There are phones in the car, laptops in the den, and the humming fax machine eliminates that once peaceful lull between completing a document and delivering it. "The fax has destroyed any sense of patience or grace that existed," says Hollywood publicist Josh Baron. "People are so crazy now that they call to tell you your fax line is busy...
...metropolises of New York and Los Angeles but the smaller and more habitable climes of Albuquerque, Fort Worth, Providence and Charlotte, N.C. To many working families, a higher quality of life, and more of it, compensate nicely for the absence of the Metropolitan Opera or the Hollywood Bowl. When Equitable Life Assurance Society summoned Jim Crawford, 43, back to Manhattan from its Des Moines office, he would not relinquish his Iowa life-style. "We based that decision on the quality of the environment," he says. "People do work hard here, and there is a deep appreciation for family life...
Hurlyburly is David Rabe's wild, twisted and sometimes horrifying look at life in Hollywood. The play centers around tow fast-talking casting director-roommates and their two best friends as they try to come to terms with their own male-bonding relationships and their interactions with the various women in their lives. Involving three women and four men, Hurlyburly promises to be an interesting look at social roles, humor and human interactions...
Clearing away the Hollywood legends, Simon Schama's Citizens is both dramatic and thought provoking. -- Two vivid views of the U.S.'s tangled, bloody involvement with the Philippines...