Word: showman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anderson is "three-fourths reporter and one-fourth showman, but it's that high visibility which brings in stories," Cloherty says. On a more personal level, "when a couple of veterans who aren't getting their benefits or somebody else with a complaint against the government walks in the office each week, and gets fixed up by a few phone calls from Jack Anderson, it's satisfying...
That kind of razzle-dazzle concertizing does not always win cheers for Organist Fox. "I am controversial as hell," he admits. "My more conservative colleagues regard me as an infidel. They say I'm a showman, and I'm proud to be one." Communication, argues Fox, is what an artist lives for-"audiences on their feet screaming for more." He dismisses musicological purists as "barnacles on the ship of music...
...about the stage on his wife's arm in supportive dignity; the next moment, 32 dancing ostriches; and the next, Wilson's 88-year-old grandmother from Waco, Texas, in a walk-on, talk-on bit. Playwright or not - chances are not - Robert Wilson is a master showman magically deploying theatrical effects...
...week of June 18-24 Graham staged his nightly spectacular in Atlanta Stadium, home of the Atlanta Braves and their great showman, Henry Aaron. At the time, Aaron was seemingly on his way to breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record. Graham had a tough act to follow, but he was prepared. In seven nights, he drew over 350,000 worshippers...
Even though Erickson's practices and claims are sometimes called into question, many doctors give him credit for sticking with hypnosis at a time when it was considered merely a showman's trick. "Some types of disorders need a certain kind of therapist. Hypnosis is fine for those it helps," says Psychiatrist Jack Ewalt of the Harvard Medical School. In today's more open-minded approach to therapy, hypnosis-and its sister principle of strong suggestion-is again finding a place...