Word: shawn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...graders were watching an antismoking film at Scarborough High School in Houston when HEW Secretary Joseph Califano came whizzing through on a tour of the city's schools. He asked how many of the students smoked. "Be honest," he added. The only one who admitted to smoking was Shawn Galloway, 16, who has been puffing up to three packs a day since the age of ten. Califano told Shawn that if she gave up smoking, she and a friend could have a free trip to Washington and a visit to the White House. Then he whizzed...
...Shawn smoked her last cigarette on the way home from school that day. But when a Houston reporter called HEW to ask about the trip to Washington, it turned out that there were problems. After consulting with the Surgeon General's office, HEW stipulated that Shawn would have to stop smoking for six months before she was really in the clear. And she would need written proof. And there were no Government funds to pay for her trip...
...expecting it," Shawn said of HEW. "Most bureaucrats are liars." But Califano did write that he would welcome her to Washington if she can stick by the rules until August. Will she be smoking by then? Said Shawn: "Are you kidding? Nobody will...
Harvard has always had strong jumpers, and this year is no exception. Mark Young returns to the high jump while freshman Bennett Midlo leads the long jumpers. In the triple jump Bruce Brooks looks good while freshman Shawn Hall shows great promise provided he gets over an old high school injury...
...Bump into Happiness, a thoroughly distasteful blend of toothless social satire and Vegas vulgarity. This fall Moore unveiled Mary, a regular variety show in CBS's old Sunday-night Ed Sullivan slot. On Mary the star had the aid of some top writers and supporting players, including Dick Shawn and Swoozie Kurtz. But the show flopped about aimlessly and folded last month after only three airings. Mary deserved to die. Its star cannot sing and cannot dance and certainly cannot carry a weekly hour of musical high jinks...