Word: passion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LIKE RICHARD M. NIXON, little Georgie dreams of trains passing in the night. Georgie's train, Broadwaybound, will whirl him breathlessly on to stardom, if only he can catch hold of its handlebars. In his passion to board the train, Georgie plays a politician's game; brash and overeager, he lets his ambitions run roughshod over personal relationships. An act and a half and one wife later, metamorphosed into Broadway actor/composer/producer George M. Cohan, he pleads his success: "I'm not just on that train, I own it," he says...
...asset stripping-and used the money to finance his next acquisition. By 1968 the Slater, Walker pyramid had grown to 500 firms and Slater's personal fortune had risen to an estimated $10 million. He bought a lavish manor in Surrey and spent long weekends there indulging his passion for chess. In 1972 he provided $125,000 of his own cash as a prize for the world chess championship, luring a reluctant Bobby Fischer into his celebrated match with Boris Spassky...
...impressively salvaged from this desultory evening is that an actress of imponderable scope and stature is now on the Broadway scene. Tovah Feldshuh has the delicacy of features of a Tanagra figurine. She is kinetic in presence, graceful in gesture and capable of igniting, as well as displaying, passion. Hers is a talent of exciting proportions...
Many advocates of handgun prohibition have conceded it won't stop crime in general. Senator Backman says his bill to ban handguns was really aimed at preventing murders committed by previously law-abiding citizens in a rage of passion during a fight with friends or relatives. If a gun was really not accessible, Backman argues, the murder may not have taken place because a less deadly weapon would have been used. Buckley says, "FBI crime reports show that 72 per cent of all murders are crimes of passon...
...that 72 per cent of all murders are committed by acquaintances. Cassidy argues that since only about half of all murders are committed with handguns, the measure is really aimed at 72 per cent of half of all murders. And murders between acquaintances are not all crimes of passion stemming from a fight between friends, he says; people often plot to kill acquaintances, and if they can plot to kill they can get a gun regardless of the law. Backman's bill was unlikely to have a signficant effect on the murder rate, he says...