Word: rockford
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BORN: Feb. 21, 1929, Rockford, Ill. EDUCATION: Northwestern U, B.S., 1955 FAMILY: Wife, Zeita; four children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: Army, 1946-48, 1951-53; National Guard, 1953-55; National Reserve, 1948-51, 1955-89 OCCUPATION: Real estate developer POLITICAL CAREER: Republican candidate for Washington House, 1990 ADDRESS: 5832 Northeast 75th Street, Suite E203, Seattle...
...Over the years Cannell has mounted an incredibly wide range of dramas--everything from Wiseguy to the less cerebral The A-Team and Silk Stalkings. Initial ratings for Profit were weak, but Cannell thinks he can maintain his track record. "I broke all the rules with The Rockford Files,'' he says, referring to his first big hit. "I had an antihero the networks hated for being a coward." The Rockford Files ultimately hit No. 1--and Jim Rockford never looked as sexy in a suit as Jim Profit...
...apparently concluded there's far too much "shocking" and potentially dangerous pornography lying in wait for the unwary out here on the Internet. I disagree. But your overly sensationalized "Cyberporn" cover reminds me of the most dangerous and insidious words in America today: "A new study shows ..." CHRISTIAN NELSON Rockford, Illinois AOL: MoodyRiver...
...Testor Corp. of Rockford, Illinois -- the model airplane company that has annoyed the Pentagon by offering accurate kits of secret government planes -- said today it's fashioning an alien flying saucer under study by the military. Look for the Area S4 UFO-model flying saucer, named for the highly secret U.S. military base in the mountains of Nevada, where, Testor claims, a dozen interstellar spacecraft may be stashed...
What is the larger significance? Allan Carlson, president of the Rockford Institute, a conservative think tank in Illinois, offers this analysis: "We are at the tail end of the deconstruction of patriarchy, which has been going on since the turn of the century. The last acceptable villain is the prototypical white male...