Word: phil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wake of his victory Green was exultant. "Message beat money," he crowed. Until recently the received wisdom has been that money talks, especially in TV advertising. Indeed, Dyson's media consultant, Phil Friedman, who pocketed a handsome $450,000 for the job, confidently predicted victory in the days leading up to the voting. But to Randy Daniels, Green's press secretary, the upset "shows the limitations" of political commercials. "We were able to defeat Dyson and Dyson's money because we outworked him and outresearched...
...Phil Donahue...
...rock purists, Beehive (which takes its name from the puffed-up hairdos of the early '60s) may be too prefab and refried. The songs are speeded up, the styles are hyped up, and the performances are often camped up. Critics will also note the absence of glamour gold from Phil Spector's girl groups; where is Uptown, He's a Rebel, Be My Baby, Not Too Young to Get Married or the ineffable Da Doo Ron Ron? But Gallagher was not looking to create a Madame Tussaud's of femme pop; he wanted to take an affectionate look...
...recent Amnesty International benefit concert. But old Gabriel fans are going to hear little or none of his former complexity on So. Instead, Gabriel has filled this album with a bunch of love songs that are equally pretty and banal. In short, this will probably be the best Phil Collins album ever made...
...weeks she had ducked questions about her future plans -- and then there she was for millions to view, on the Phil Donahue show. Linda Ellerbee, the tart-tongued Texan beloved by night-owl viewers from her days on nbc News Overnight and by early-morning types because of her popular "T.G.I.F." feature each week on Today, had quit the network in a salary dispute. She was known to be dickering with ABC, and CBS had offered her the co-anchor slot on its perennially low-rated but soon-to-be-overhauled Morning News. Now word...