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DIED. John D. Murchison, 57, who teamed with younger brother Clint, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, to parlay their father's multimillion-dollar oil fortune into a vast empire (publishing, real estate, insurance, others); of a heart attack; in Dallas. So complex were the Murchisons' holdings that John joked, "If we're not careful, we may find out we're suing ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Vermont could parlay the lackadaisical Harvard play in the last half of the frame for only one goal, that on the power play by Penn transfer Gary Prior...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Vermont Freezes Icemen, 7-4 Crimson Record Now at 3-5 | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

...months have gone by, and no such series has materialized. Instead, Moore has frittered away the time by trying to parlay an indifferent singing voice and nice legs into a career as a song-and-dance woman. Last winter she came up with a special called How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump into Happiness, a thoroughly distasteful blend of toothless social satire and Vegas vulgarity. This fall Moore unveiled Mary, a regular variety show in CBS's old Sunday-night Ed Sullivan slot. On Mary the star had the aid of some top writers and supporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Once in Love with Mary | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...tube and become one of public TV's top shows, drawing 5 million viewers every Friday evening. WSW has done more than make its natty 6-ft. 2-in. star the most popular figure on PBS since Sesame Street's Big Bird. It has also enabled him to parlay his blend of authority and irreverence into a one-man miniconglom-erate that has both a name (Rukeyser Enterprises, Inc.) and an income that may exceed $300,000 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Rise of Rukeyser, Inc. | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...rookie, Basketball Star Bradley, and he will rate as the underdog in that contest. Bradley, 34, a Rhodes scholar and former star forward for the New York Knicks, moved to New Jersey four years ago and began shaking hands and squeezing arms. He used a well-financed campaign to parlay name recognition and celebrity support into a Democratic primary victory over five rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Bell Tolls for Case | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

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