Word: normans
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Besides, the Bartley's would lose a lot of time if they made star-gazing a common practice. Other famous dinners include Stephen King, Jackie Kennedy, Ted Koppel, Jimmy Breslin and Norman Mailer...
...know Candice Bergen, the actress who plays Murphy -- and the worst person for the Vice President to pick a fight with. An admired woman, as articulate as she is opinionated. And (we're all tired of hearing this) classically beautiful. A modern-day Norman Rockwell might choose her face to represent traditional American values: clarity, intelligence, drive. Radiant normality. Most of all, privilege...
Such topicality, of course, is not new for entertainment TV. More than 20 years ago, Norman Lear's All in the Family introduced the notion that situation comedies could provide social commentary while getting laughs. TV movies and drama shows like L.A. Law tackle virtually every headline-making issue that comes down the pike, from date rape to capital punishment. Nor has left-leaning political satire been unknown on network TV: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late 1960s and Saturday Night Live starting in the mid-'70s took on Establishment targets with irreverent glee...
Four current undergraduates competed: junior Norman Bellingham, a 1988 gold medalist in the kayak pairs who was denied a medal this years; senior rower Snorre Lorgen, who competed for Norway; senior swimmer Kris Singleton, who competed in the 100 meter butterfly; and senior swimmer Simon Wainwright, a 200 meter butterfly racer...
...without declaring martial law, even the military cannot impose its will on a civilian area. Unlike Desert Storm, there is no unified command, no General Norman Schwarzkopf. The Army, for instance, promised to have tent cities for 20,000 up and running by the first weekend after Andrew. But for the next week military and local jurisdictions quarreled over sites, facilities, building codes and, in the case of Florida City -- a city virtually wiped out by the hurricane -- a federal demand to kick in 10% of the cost...