Word: murrays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thousand Clowns confronts this poignant process of learning to compromise, but does so without losing its sense of humor. Murray Burns (George Miller), its rebellious and endearing hero, is an unemployed scriptwriter sickened by the necessity to toady to an imbecilic boss. He conducts a one-man protest against hypocrisy and convention, cultivating an air of lunacy to satirize and condemn the emptiness of those who relinquish their freedom for security. Murray holds spirited conversations with the Weather Lady, warning her not to repeat herself, thinks nothing of taking trips to the Statue of Liberty, and habitually admonishes his unheeding...
...appearance of two social workers, Albert Amundson (John O'Brien) and Sandra Markowitz (Anne Ames), who visit Murray's home to investigate his reliability as a guardian for Nick, threatens the pair's unconventional life. Despite Nick's valiant attempts to assure them he reads educational books and has a healthy and well-adjusted environment, the Child Welfare Board rules that he must leave if Murray does not find a job. To add to Murray's dilemma, he and Sandy fall in love, and his free-spirit faces the agonizing choice of kowtowing to society's definition of "well-adjusted...
Particularly impressive in the Providence game Thursday was the play of the freshmen--all of them. Tommy Murray, Phil Evans, and Bobby McDonald each copped their first goals on the varsity, while Rick Benson, with two already this season, played another strong game. The play of the fourth line of Evans, McDonald, and junior Randy Millen also showed that the Crimson could sport a very balanced scoring attack this winter...
...Friars took a first-period lead to the locker room on a power-play goal by Colin Ahern at 9:13. With 29 seconds left on an elbowing penalty to Murray Dea, defenseman Bruce Garber led Ahern in all alone on the left, and his slapshot snuck quickly between the split legs of Hynes...
Jack fed George across the blue line and then, using a Providence defender as a screen, the latter let go a quick wrister that caught Milner totally unawares. The puck rebounded off the goalie's stomach and over to freshman Tom Murray, who likewise tallied his first of the season on a ten-foot blast...