Word: lewes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...full of Muppet stories. One is told by Lew Grade, the English entertainment mogul, who says that some months ago, he flew to Paris to persuade Sophia Loren to appear in one of his films. He had exactly an hour for the conference, so he launched directly into his serenade, enumerating the reasons why Sophia alone could make his project take wing. Soon he noticed that she was paying only the faintest attention. Eventually the great actress explained: It was the Muppet hour, and she absolutely must see them. A blow to his ego, admitted Lord Grade with a shrug...
...girlfriend; Zoot, the blue-faced sax player who has seen it all; Animal, the out-of-control drummer who must be chained to the wall; Crazy Harry, the special-effects man who is fond of explosions; the incomprehensible and meatball-brained Swedish Chef; and such peripheral loonies as Lew Zealand, manager of a boomerang fish...
...computers broke down last night, and consequently, the campaign headquarters of many Massachusetts candidates agonized late into the night over their heroes. But Lew Crampton himself--Republican challenger for state treasurer against 14-year Democratic incumbent Robert Crane--stepped into his Harvard Club headquarters with a polite smile on his face, losing...
...There's just no room in the media," Frank said. "The senatorial and gubernatorial races are taking up all the focus and Lew can't get enough exposure. Unless he can get the exposure, the voters will go to the polls with this Crane-Democrat mindset...
...here we have a race that shapes up, in many people's minds, as the old fat cat vs. the progressive challenger. Crane stands on his record and many votes of confidence and lots and lots of corporate and political backing as evidence of his competence. And somehow, Lew Crampton needs all the help he can get. "It's up to the voters," he says...