Word: maxed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Lili Darvas, 72, celebrated Hungarian-American actress; after a brief illness; in Manhattan. Four years after her 1921 stage debut in Budapest, Darvas was discovered by Max Reinhardt, then Europe's foremost director...
...through Saturday at Paul's Mall in Boston and is, as everybody must know, the single dominant figure in jazz. He started out as a Charlie Parker protege in the late 40s, playing bop trumpet, and after Bird died picked up a few proteges of his own--people like Max Roach, Herbie Hancock and John Coltrane were all in his band at one time. Miles went from hot to cool, and then in the late 60s back to hot again, and now his music is spacey and heavily rock-influenced. But be forewarned: rumor has it that he plays only...
...Brock, whose daring has helped keep the Cards in first place in the National League's Eastern Division, the assault on Wills' record is only the latest feat in his 14 years of pilfering. He already ranks fifth (after Cobb, Eddie Col lins, Max Carey and Honus Wagner) in lifetime steals (685), and holds the major league record for the most seasons (ten) with 50 or more stolen bases. Cincinnati's Superstar Catcher Johnny Bench, who has the best throwing arm in baseball, admits, "There just isn't any way to stop Brock if he gets...
...Max Franke1, 44. As Sunday editor of the New York Times, he runs an empire within an empire. Frankel began his Times career as a stringer, joined the paper full-time after graduating from Columbia University in 1952. Born in Germany, Frankel fled the Nazis with his family in 1938; 18 years later he returned to Europe to cover the Hungarian revolt and serve as Moscow correspondent. In Washington, Frankel established himself as one of America's top diplomatic reporters, winning the influential job of Times bureau chief there in 1968. Frankel picked up a Pulitzer Prize...
Other notables on the list include tennis player Billie Jean King, Princeton President William G. Bowen, Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman '62 (D-N.Y.), New York Times Sunday editor Max Frankel, and basketball player Bill Bradley