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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really caught unawares. I wish him another 25," said Mel Dorfman, perhaps the most "regular" of Tommy's regulars. A familiar sight with his black beret, white beard, and stack of used books, Dorfman has eaten one or two meals in the luncheonette every day for the last three years; he said he has been dropping by "off and on" for the last...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: At Tommy's, A Quiet 25th Anniversary | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...reign. In the streets, Communist marchers sing revolutionary songs with Whiffenpoof harmonies; in the white man's clubs, journalists and diplomats slug back their Scotch and try to forget that the good imperial days have vanished into Third World arrogance. Among the Caucasians are Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson), one of the Australian correspondents, and Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver), a glamorous mystery woman in the employ of the British embassy. Helping them fall in love, and more than a little in love with them both, is Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt), a dwarfish man who works as a photographer and functions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Waist-Deep in the Big Money | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

DIED. Marty Feldman, 49, cockeyed, rubber-faced, cockney comedian best remembered as the lovable hunchback Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein and as Brooks' zany sidekick in Silent Movie; of a heart attack after completing location filming of a new comedy; in Mexico City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 13, 1982 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

Originally introduced in 1979 by Rep Mel King (I-Boston) and State Sen. Jack Backman (1)-Brookline Newton) the bill has been promoted by the Massachusetts Coalition for Divestment from South Africa (MassDivest) a coalition of over 100 labor, civic and religious organization. Two Harvard student groups, the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee and the Hillel Social Action Committee are among the group's members...

Author: By Jonathan G. Cedarbaum, | Title: Legislature OK's Divestment Bill | 12/7/1982 | See Source »

Danny Kaye, Walter Mondale, Mel Brooks and several Cabinet members and senators have visited the show. And all of these guests are grilled by hundreds of callers from all over the country. "That's what the show offers," King writes. "A chance for people...to put their questions directly, as equals, to our guests...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Midnight Snoozer | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

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