Word: oscar
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With the advent of the '60s and the Vietnam War, Chaplin's American fortunes turned. He orchestrated a festival of his films in New York in 1963. Amid the loudest and longest ovation in its history, he accepted a special Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1972. There were dissenters. Governor Ronald Reagan, for one, believed the government did the right thing in 1952. During the 1972 visit, Chaplin, at 83, said he'd long ago given up radical politics, a welcome remark in a nation where popular favor has often been synonymous with depoliticization...
...nothing else, I had learned my first lesson in creative theater advertising, for "You will not fail to thrill to The Sound of Music" was the main quote outside London's Palace Theatre for many years to come. When the sign finally came down, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's last collaboration had become the longest-running American musical in London theater history...
...Parade of Stars, an Oscar-like awards ceremony for the College, presents statues to organizations and individuals in several categories. The student-run event had been criticized by many students, and several groups declined their nominations...
...People do feel very good about this placebecause the school has been supportive aboutfaculty growth and programs," says Oscar G. Chase,vice dean and professor...
Over the next two decades, Miller directed a number of other movies, including Girl from Petrovka, which starred Goldie Hawn and was Anthony Hopkins' first American feature film, and Reuben, Reuben, a well-regarded comedy for which Tom Conti received an Oscar nomination...