Word: sinatras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kathleen Sullivan Alioto, Democratic candidate for the Senate, is thus far famous for three things. First, she is pregnant; second, Frank Sinatra is raising money for her campaign; third, her husband is former San Francisco Mayor Joseph P. Alioto, and he is really hitting the stumps here. None of these factors is likely to win her election to the Senate this fall, and they are rapidly creating the impression that there isn't much else to Ms. Alioto besides that nice smile she carries...
Progressive he may be, but Willie remains true to the bedrock traditions of folk, blues, jazz and country. His unusually sophisticated phrasing-now lagging behind the beat, now scooting ahead of it. twisting and rolling the melody like a champion lariat twirler-owes something to Frank Sinatra, one of his favorite singers. But his high, slightly nasal baritone retains an austere lyricism that goes back to Appalachian hills and hollows and beyond. Where much of commercial country music has only a catch in its throat, Willie's has a touch of iron in its soul...
Guzzi and Tsongas were traveling through the state yesterday hitting shopping centers and the suburbs. Kathleen Sullivan Alioto stepped up her media campaign with an advertisement featuring an endorsement from Frank Sinatra. State Representative Elaine Noble and Conservative Caucus candidate Howard Phillips '62, both suffering from limited resources, made use of free air time and various public debate forums...
Regardless of big attendance, Manager Tommy Lasorda, whose office walls are hung with pictures of such pals as Frank Sinatra and Comedian Don Rickles, sees no humor in being in a virtual tie for first place. Without the early season injuries, which are now mostly behind them, he feels sure the Dodgers would be soaring. Mildly but logically, Lasorda points to the fact: "You can't have two out of eight starters out and not be hurt...
...first book, Lauren Bacall By Myself, to be published in January. Her contract with Knopf "came along at a time in my life when I didn't know what I was going to do," says Bacall, 53. The autobiography, which describes her marriages and her affair with Frank Sinatra, will "tell much more about me than I ever thought people should know," says Bacall. But even if her book takes off, Bacall feels that her real calling is on Broadway. "The stage has been welcoming to me," she says. "I feel I belong...