Word: kent
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After 1968, much of the drama lay ahead (the Weatherman's Days of Rage, Woodstock, Altamont, Kent State), and then the long dispersals of the '60s generation into the '70s. But the events of the origin myth ended sometime around the November election of Richard Nixon, when, it may be, history seemed to have been ceded back to the fathers, and recalled from timelessness into time...
...people accused in the long-running affair are E. Robert Wallach, a Meese friend of 30 years and former personal lawyer who became a highly paid Wedtech lobbyist; W. Franklyn Chinn, a former Wedtech director who handled investments profitably for Meese in a "blind partnership" trust; and Rusty Kent London, a professional gambler and past financial consultant to Wedtech. The indictments contend that Wallach received a check for $300,000 from Wedtech in 1984, claiming falsely that the payment was for past legal advice to the company. "In fact," contended Giuliani, "the money was for future services, including efforts...
...Brooks' beguilingly skeptical romance, Jane is the Lois Lane of the '80s, a newswoman whose affections are torn between a Clark Kent reporter (Albert Brooks) and a flawed Superman-anchorman (William Hurt). The male leads had long been cast, but until just before rehearsals, Jim Brooks was still looking for his "little steamroller." Debra Winger, who had shone in his Terms of Endearment, was pregnant and unavailable. Sigourney Weaver, Mary Beth Hurt, Christine Lahti, Judy Davis -- all were fine, but nobody was right...
...scored in the first two minutes of play and had the momentum. But late in the first period, Dave Brown's line went out onto the ice. Edmonton Coach Glenn Sather, exercising the home team's right of the last line change, sent out a line of Mark Messier, Kent Nilsson and Glenn Anderson, the team's fastest trio...
THEY were shot in a parking lot on a hill. Four students at Kent State University, and 500 more, were chased into that tiny lot by a barrage of tear...