Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Producer Stan Margulies, 58, explained to TIME Correspondent Robert Goldstein: "If the first series was about the struggle for freedom, this Roots is about the struggle for equality. There is a big but subtle difference. None of us lived 200 years ago: you could watch the first Roots and say 'I wouldn't act like that.' In the new group of shows, you have to look at yourself in the mirror...
Brando's entrance into Roots 11 began when he called the real-life Haley out of the blue. "I'd never met the man," says Haley. "He told me that I performed a great service for people with my book and that, in appreciation, he'd like to take a part in the film." But what part? Brando told Margulies, "I want to play a small but startling role. I want to be on long enough so that people will say, yes, that's really Marlon up there. But not too long, Because...
...scathing on the subject of Lyndon Johnson. As Vice President, L.B.J. was sent by Kennedy to Berlin to demonstrate American concern. There was no way of telling that from Johnson's trip. Avoiding the Wall, the Vice President seemed to be mainly interested in gathering souvenirs. "Say, Mr. Mayor," he addressed Willy Brandt, "where did you get those spiffy shoes? I want a pair just like them." Brandt replied that he would be glad to oblige, but it was Sun day and the store was closed. The Vice President remonstrated: "What was that you said the other...
...solve the problem of getting an unsolicited manuscript published? "Only by the persistence of the author," says Kosinski. Or the persistence of the hoaxer. Next time Ross submits the Polish-born author's novel he might keep an eye on the bestseller list and give the manuscript a more current title. Say, The Complete Book of Steps...
...bribes. A lobbyist, three businessmen and a rabbi told of paying off Flood to arrange federal grants and contracts. Stephen Elko, Flood's onetime top aide who is now serving a two-year sentence for taking bribes from some of the same people, quoted his old boss as saying, "This is a business. Get all you can while you can get it." Meanwhile, the 16-term Congressman, known for his rococo oratory and baroque waxed mustache, declined to take the stand in Washington, D.C.'s federal district court or, in fact, to say anything...