Word: rita
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...English set was all dressed and ready for her nude shower scene last week when Actress Julie (Educating Rita) Walters, 34, suddenly announced that everyone else had to strip. She was simply invoking the new Actors' Equity rule that required all technicians present to be in the buff too, Walters explained. Adrian Hughes, the producer of She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas balked, but Walters gave him the phone number of an Equity representative who confirmed her claim. The red-faced cameraman obligingly overexposed himself while others compromised by stripping to their underwear. The scene then went...
...year dropped the 1974 religious exemption demands and issued a new regulation to states, requiring that all cases of child neglect be reported. (An amendment to restore that exemption could pass Congress this year.) A burgeoning movement to change state laws is being led by two former Christian Scientists, Rita and Douglas Swan, who saw their 15-month-old son die from untreated meningitis in 1977. Traumatized by that experience, the Swans have become implacable foes of their former faith. Now teaching at Morningside College in Iowa, they have founded CHILD (Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty...
...February 8 editorial, "Bring on the Veto," The Crimson called for the Senate to reject Meese's nomination, but noted, "to his credit, Ed Meese's name has not been linked to the sort of sordid activity associated with colleagues like Ann Burford, James Watt, Paul Thayer, Rita Lavelle, Charles Wick or Ray Donovan." But the charges brought against Meese during the recent hearigs clearly qualify him for a choice spot on that list, representing the standard bearers of what former Vice President Walter F. Mondale has aptly termed Reagan's "sleaze factor...
...former aide, Rita Lavelle, was convicted for perjury...
...thought it was important for people to see a reaffirmation of our concern of this issue and also to point out that Harvard's investment is being used as a justification for maintaining the status quo," said Dr. Rita Breen, director of the University's Committee on African Studies, and an organizer of the petition drive...