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Word: legit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seldes '19. Knew she would be an actress from the age of six, staring at nightgowned reflection in mirror. Declined admission into Radcliffe College to study acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in late '40s. First role: an off-stage scream in a summer production at the then-legit Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, Mass. Began teaching drama at the Juilliard School, 1968. Has performed in film, on television, on radio (CBS Mystery Theatre), but mostly on Broadway. Currently stars in Ira Levin's Deathtrap. Has no idea what her next role will be, reinforcing comment in book that...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: An Actor's Actress | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...Romeo of the television screen has gone legit. Henry Winkler, a.k.a. "the Fonz" on ABC's Happy Days, will play Juliet's lover on CBS's March 20 special Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare. Fonzie also narrates the show and even played a major role in the programming. Because the special is meant for young people, Winkler vetoed including Falstaff' s drinking scene, arguing that "alcoholism is even a bigger problem than drugs among the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 21, 1977 | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

Gambling Goes Legit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 27, 1976 | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

What obsesses Atlantic City, the rest of Jersey, and indeed much of the rest of the nation, is that gambling?an activity that churns out money, creates jobs, resists recessions and does not pollute the air or streams?is going legit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: GAMBLING GOES LEGIT | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

...reality, one of society's periodic and necessary adjustments of its laws to changing mores and unchanging human nature. Almost by definition, such evolutions solve some problems and create others. It is far too early to wager on whether the U.S. will win or lose as gambling goes legit ? but anyone who hankers to bet on it can surely find a taker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: GAMBLING GOES LEGIT | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

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