Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Paul Newman as a rich, arrogant Texan. With Oscar-winning performances from Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal. Ch. 7, 11:45 p.m. B/W, 2 hours...
George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker, Oscar Levant, Noel Coward, Malcolm Muggeridge, Mary Martin, Judy Garland, etc. It all depends on whose ox is being goosed...
...family member is injured or becomes critically ill at home, a standard response is to carry him to the car and head for the nearest hospital. That could be a mistake, says Dr. Oscar P. Hampton Jr., chairman of the A.M.A.'s Commission on Emergency Medical Services, in the A.M.A. magazine Prism; the nearest hospital may not be the best in the long or even the short run. Hampton proposes a system of classifying hospitals according to the emergency services they can offer; those with a top rating would be able to handle the most severe, life-threatening situations...
...events leading to GM's decision began in the final hours of the Nixon Administration. GM Executive Vice President Oscar Lundin and Vice President Henry Welch flew to Washington on Aug. 8-the day of Nixon's resignation speech-for a meeting with Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Kenneth Rush, Economic Counsellor to the President. Following a decade-old GM practice, they came to give advance notice of the scheduled increase and explain why, in GM's view, it was justified...
...Nicholson, but Hopper wanted Rip Torn. Nicholson was dispatched to the set as a sort of production watchdog. He quickly became the right man at the right time. Torn dropped out of the movie, Nicholson moved in. Easy Rider wound up making $35 million. It also got Nicholson an Oscar nomination. All the scuffling was finally starting...