Word: kramer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...William D. Kramer, attorney to the NCAA, said yesterday that the AIAW is "attempting to use anti-trust laws to preclude competition from anyone," and he added, "the NCAA is merely better equipped to govern women's athletics; they are not violating...
...Partners' most successful targets was Paterson, N.J. (pop. 138,000), a blighted manufacturing city with 50 abandoned factories and mills. Most of the decaying structures were candidates for the bulldozer. In 1980, Partners got behind Mayor Lawrence Kramer's plans to renovate those historic buildings. To date, four of them have been handsomely restored for educational, commercial and tourist use, and additional renovative work is in the offing for four more. "To have top professionals come in and say 'Yes, this is the way to go' helped light some fuses around here," says Kramer...
...Minnesota, the Philadelphia Eagles became the final team to lose its undefeated status, as the Vikings shocked Dick Vermeil's gang, 35-23. Minnesota quarterback Tommy Kramer passed for 246 yards to lead the Vikings to their fifth straight victory...
...want my Kramer vs. Kramer, my Ordinary People," he said finally. What Burt Reynolds wants is his Oscar. And not just to liven up his man-telpiece. One of the biggest box-office bonanzas of all time, Burt Reynolds wants only to be recognized as a fine actor of his time. It seems almost a paradox, for as he was uttering those selfsame words, Reynolds was basking in the glory of the Smokey and the Bandit films--box chase 'em variety. You could almost hear the Academy snickering. When Cannonball Run, the world's craziest automobile show since the Wacky...
...draw in show business. But the excitement Streep stirs whenever she appears on a screen or a stage has nothing to do with puffery. It is a real, if sometimes clumsily expressed, response to an artist of rare skill and presence. Film Maker Robert Benton, who directed Streep in Kramer and a thriller called Stab, to be released next spring, calls her "one of a handful of really great actresses." It is nearly impossible to find a knowledgeable person in the film and theater worlds who does not use superlatives when talking about her. "There's nothing...