Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just goes to prove that some of the most sincere and useful lectures to be heard around Boston are not always given by Harvard professors or Washington hucksters. Deger, better known as Bob the Bagman by those who frequent the Boston Commons or the Stone Soup Gallery in Boston's West End, was at one time a nuclear engineer for the federal government. Last week he died, 55 years old and homeless after roaming Boston for five years as a "street...
Well, there you have it. I've given equal time to those who deserve it, and in so doing, I hope I've set the record straight. I'm not mean. I'm not malicious. I'm really a nice guy, and just to prove it, I'm going to give you all a chance to appear as a guest in this column...
...PLOT CONCENTRATES on the problems of a Milwaukee baker (played by Wilder) who must compete with the screen idol Rudolph Valentino for the admiration of his young wife Annie (Carol Kane). To prove himself to her and also to escape the confinement of his job, Wilder changes his name to Rudy Valentine and moves to Hollywood to compete for the "World's Greatest Lover" role in a studio ad campaign. The couple's proximity to the real Valentino is too much for Annie, who leaves her husband to track down her dream lover at Paramount Studios...
...industry, believe that audiences are nibbling less because they like the menu less. "The networks have always arrogantly said, 'There's nobody here but us capons, and we give the public what it wants,' " says Martin Mayer, author of About Television. "The decline in viewing may prove that the networks are not giving the public what it wants after all. This year the new shows have really not been very successful. They have been overcalculated in terms of audience and reaction. The networks are increasingly concerned with what the research department says people want...
Ackermann said he looked forward to playing both teams again at Harvard. "At out place, at full strength, both teams will be thinking a lot about us. We have something to prove," he said...