Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says the historical record abruptly changes in the early 1940s, when people began to rely on the telephone more than the mail. "Through Johnson's detailed correspondence with his patron Alvin Wirtz and others, you could trace the most intricate deals and such matters as his stormy relationship with Sam Rayburn," says Caro. "Then, at a crucial moment, just when you want to know what someone is thinking, you'll run into a telegram or note saying 'Phone me tonight.' That's when you feel the impact of the telephone right in your gut." In researching L.B.J.'s role...
...that looks vaguely Grecian stands alone, arms upraised, and chants in a strong voice to ancient gods. This is polite and also prudent. Kau'i Zuttermeister, 78, is a hula dancer, and she accepts mainland Christianity, first brought to the Hawaiian Islands in 1820 by missionaries. But her uncle Sam Pua Haaheo, an elderly kahuna, or expert practitioner, who taught her the chants, dances and drumming patterns of traditional hula 60 years ago, told her to "pray first to the gods of your forefathers. They were here first...
Some familiar elements are missing from the stand-up scene. Despite a flurry of jabs at news events like the Iran-contra testimony, committed political satire is rare. So is X-rated material, with a few notable exceptions like screaming Sam Kinnison's. "The networks want comedians to work clean," says Richard Fields, owner of Catch a Rising Star, a Manhattan comedy club. Indeed, many young comics regard stand-up comedy less as a goal than as a stepping stone. "People today are not just shooting to be * headliners," says Dennis Perrin, a New York-based comic and writer. "They...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Roland Flamini Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, Laura Lopez, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
...institutional racism, of police brutality, of the dream denied? News stories about Perry quoted friends, teachers and relatives who claimed that Eddie was too good, too fine, to have been involved in a common street crime. Among the many people perplexed by the case was free- lance Journalist Robert Sam Anson, who had once covered the civil rights movement and whose son was a student at Exeter. On assignment from LIFE, Anson set out to discover how a young man like Perry, who seemed launched on a trajectory of success, could come to such a mean, abbreviated...