Word: marvinism
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...Rice, who studied at the Sorbonne (though not very hard) before teaming with Lloyd Webber for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1967), the Chess saga began with a two-page plot outline in 1977. But neither Lloyd Webber nor Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) was interested in composing the score. As Rice, a large, genial Londoner of 40 who looks like a relaxed Anthony Burgess, recalled in New York last week, "Then in 1982 I heard that Benny and Bjorn were keen to write something beyond the confines of ABBA. They wanted the chance...
...cassette into their home machines, VCR owners can get beauty tips or financial advice, take a course in Spanish or lessons in bridge, learn how to split the fairway with the help of Jack Nicklaus, or how to split from a spouse with the aid of Divorce Attorney Marvin Mitchelson...
...called your dad; and there you are, cooing on the couch, saying the same moronic words to Him or Her: Darling, Honey, Cupcake, Sweets. How easily they spill, the junk food of language--chocolate cremes, mocha centers--not a sensible idea in the box. When Michelle Triola sued Lee Marvin for palimony several years ago, her lawyer had to prove to the court that Marvin did indeed love Michelle. The lawyer produced a letter from Marvin that closed: "Hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby, hey baby...
...ousted directors: James Bere, chairman, Borg-Warner; the Rev. Raymond Baumhart, president, Loyola University of Chicago; William Johnson, chairman, 1C Industries; Jewel Lafontant, senior partner in the law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz; Robert Malott, chairman, FMC Corp.; Marvin Mitchell, former chairman, CBI Industries; Paul Rizzo, vice chairman, IBM; Thomas Roberts Jr., chairman, DeKalb AgResearch; Elaine Yarrington, former executive vice president, Standard Oil of Indiana. The resigning directors: Weston Christopherson, former chairman, Jewel Cos.; Vernon Loucks Jr., president, Baxter Travenol Laboratories...
...flap erupted last Friday, when a Boston Globe article quoted two Harvard officials criticizing Mayor Flynn's office for attempting to arrange a Boston appearance for the bishop on the same day he was scheduled to speak at Harvard. News Office stafler Marvin Hightower accused a Flynn aide of "deceiving" Tutu into believing Harvard had okayed a Fancuil Hall appearance and or trying to "steal the thunder" from the scheduled campus visit. Dr. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation which had invited Tutu to Harvard, complained that it would "interfere" with the campus visit if Tutu spoke...