Word: rowan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rowan and Martin's TV Laugh-In domesticated chaos into snippets. It flashed absurdities, like vaudeville on amphetamines -- Goldie Hawn dancing in body paint, Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips. Laugh-In gave the nation "You bet your sweet bippy!" and "Sock it to me," a line that Republican Candidate Richard Nixon, among other celebrities, recited in three seconds of network time in September. (In deference to his dignity, Nixon was spared the customary dousing with a bucket of water.) The Rolling Stones snarled about the Street Fighting Man. Never before had an annus mirabilis transpired before the television cameras...
...released from San Quentin this summer after serving two months for parole violations. -- JAMES EARL RAY, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He escaped briefly in 1977 and continues to maintain that he was framed by the FBI. -- DAN ROWAN, cohost of Laugh-In, died in 1987 of lymphatic cancer. -- MARK RUDD, Columbia University student radical, spent 7 1/2 years as a fugitive with the radical Weatherman. He now lives and writes in Albuquerque, N. Mex., where he is an active opponent of U.S. policy in Central America. -- BOBBY SEALE, cofounder...
...incident became an instant cause celebre. Critics dubbed the columnist "the Jacuzzi Gunman" and "Rambo Rowan," while black leaders criticized authorities for dropping charges against the white intruders. No charges have been brought against Rowan, and the case against the youths is still under investigation. In his first column after the episode, Rowan stuck to his guns: "Let my political enemies crow. But let them know that as long as authorities leave this society awash in drugs and guns, I will protect my family...
...sentiments exactly, replied National Rifle Association Spokesman Wayne LaPierre, who plans to use the incident for promotion. Idaho Senator Steve Symms went a step further. After taking out an N.R.A. membership for Rowan, he sent the columnist a pithy telegram: YOUR ACTIONS HAVE SPOKEN LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS...
...books chronicle the tragic life and times of Anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. -- Columnist Carl Rowan takes a shot in the dark...