Word: nine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Dreyfuss was eight, his family moved to Beverly Hills. Rick was in his first production at the local Jewish center when he was nine. "I never got less than the lead after that," he boasts. By the time he was twelve he was reciting Shakespeare before the bathroom mirror. His dream-then, now and probably for-evermore-was to play Cassius in Julius Caesar. Though the world has made a villain out of Cassius, the leader of the plot to kill Caesar, the scion of political iconoclasts knew that he was really a good fellow. "Cassius was sympathetic...
...something is wrong. Dreyfuss is afflicted with that mock disease of the talented and the very lucky-nostalgia for struggles past. "From the time I was nine to 25,1 had to go for interviews and hustle jobs. I had to be better than the next guy. Now I get sent scripts, and the competition isn't there. There is no edge any more. I'm just not used to my life yet-and haven't been for five lousy years!" He adds: "I don't know what I know any more. I'm lost...
...Eagles assumed a never-to-be-lost lead with nine minutes left in the half, 23-21, on a 20-foot jumper Ernie Cobb, a junior guard with mattress spring for thighs...
...Sixty-nine pollees said they preferred using the money to reinstitute hot breakfasts, while 35 said a portion of the money should go toward providing breakfasts in all Houses during the January exam period and 21 asked for both options...
...Thirty-Nine Steps...