Word: martin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this subject matter you don't want to short-cut candor and truth, but between those complicated goals there's a lot of space for creativity, and that's the problem," says Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson, Jr. "You're not talking about Ming art or ancient Greek drawings, you're talking about something that's up close for a lot of people...
...Academy put up Anne Ramsey of Throw Momma From the Train, who played a character so devoid of redeeming human qualities that she was more disgusting than funny, and Robin Williams, who played Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam. Overlooked was the best comic performance of the year, Steve Martin in Roxanne...
...talked a lot about prophets Tuesday night; the crowd seemed to think of him as one. He named Martin Luther King, Jr. and the character of Elias in the hit movie Platoon as meeting his definition of prophets, meaning "someone who says something unfavorable, jeopardizing their own life." Lee's determined irreverance and outspokeness have never jeopardized his life, but as he admits, "I could've pitched until I was 45 years old if I was just born without a tongue...
...long piece in Vanity Fair some months ago, Gail Sheehy recounted: Jackson's brother's shady dealings, the finagling at Operation PUSH, allegations of womanizing, his misrepresentations concerning the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., his hailing of Castro and embracing of Arafat, and his lack of any background in politics. To conclude the piece, Sheehy suggested that Jackson was too egotistical to be president...
GIVEN that, the Rev. Martin Thompson was not the man to be put in charge of a political event. Not that he was the man to lead a Sunday service either, but he certainly had no idea of the nuances of a modern political happening. He wasn't neat, photogenic, or thin himself, and he had no awareness of the need for those qualities for others. But he was the minister of the largest church in town. So he got to introduce Jesse, right after "Shall We Gather By the River...