Word: philbin
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When the Atlantic City pageant, with hosts Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford, airs this Saturday on NBC, some ambitious young woman--one of the 50,000 who try out each year--will realize the gossamer dream that last year enveloped Heather Whitestone, the first deaf Miss America. But in the months leading to that night, the pageant has been slapped with unseemly controversy. A Miss Maryland runner-up charges she was denied her state title because of vote rigging--and attorney Alan Dershowitz is helping press her case. Other state runners-up are vexed because a woman...
...meanwhile, started the season 6-1-1 but finished 9-5-1. Of course, four of those losses were to Top 20 teams. The Quakers lost three-time first-team All-Ivy midfielder Amy Pine, along with fellow first-teamer Mandy Kauffman. Leading the returnees will be forward Kara Philbin and back Sue Quinn...
...religious pop anthem Via Dolorosa. But it was during the beauty contest's final, brief Q&A that Miss Alabama, 21, performed her most moving feat. She answered a question. Her voice was a bit fluty and her consonants soft, but the college junior clearly understood Regis Philbin's query about self- realization; and her reply, a paean to belief in oneself, was obviously deeply felt. Minutes later, when Heather Whitestone, who is deaf in one ear and has only 5% hearing in the other, won the 74th annual Miss America Pageant, she didn't realize it until her runner...
OVERALL SCORING Name G A Pts. Macfarlane, Pr 14 6 34 Pine, Pe 10 5 25 Rebane, Pr 10 5 25 Devens, D 9 1 19 Rowe, Pr 5 7 17 Walton, H 8 0 16 Goldsmith, Cor 5 6 16 Philbin, Pe 7 0 14 Bartlett, Y 6 1 13Name...
...last week Chevy Chase (1) joined Joey Bishop -- who has suffered the mortification of seeing his onetime sidekick Regis Philbin become a superstar -- in the ranks of failed late-night talk-show hosts, the fate of some of whom is described below. Fortunately, Chase's show lasted all of six weeks, so it does not hold the record for short-livedness -- that belongs to the Wilton North Report, which was pulled from the air after only a month...