Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...STORMY WEATHER, the distinguished actor and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson wandered down a cinematic memory lane to reacquaint himself and the audience with the many talented musicians, dancers and singers who shared his past. To the tune of its sultry title song by Lena Horne, the film successfully paraded the talents of famous Black entertainers and provided a classic history of Black images in American movies. But Stormy Weather never attempted to present the realities faced by Black entertainers in American show business; rather, it presented a mature Black actor, held dear by white and Black audiences, strolling down...
...hearing is scheduled Thursday for the four students who are charged with "violating university rules that forbid behavior which disrupts the basic rights of others at university functions," John Robinson, dean of students, said this week...
...slow for the first three miles over sluggish Moakley Golf Course. But as the harriers descended into Cornell's famed gorge, Harvard began to pull ahead. Finally, with manager Sue Barton screaming him on, sophomore Bruce Weber sprinted the last 500 yards of straightaway, passing Cornell's Harv Robinson to gain his first varsity victory ever...
Weber's time of 26:19:03, though nowhere near the course record, was three seconds better than that of the Big Red's runner-up Robinson. But the next four runners, McNulty at 26:38, Schuler at 26:55, Jelley at 26:59 and Gerkin at 27:01, all wore crimson...
Though owners and players are excited at the prospect of the season getting back on track-"I feel like a rookie again," enthused Bill Robinson of the Pittsburgh Pirates-their elation is tempered by understandable bitterness. Says Orioles Owner Williams: "The strike was unnecessary. It should never have happened. This must never, never, happen again." Expos Pitcher Steve Rogers sums it up: "Anytime you stand toe-to-toe with illogical viewpoints and you try to use logic, there will be frustration, and frustration breeds bitterness...