Word: smash
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. George William ("Fritz") Holt III, 46, co-producer of the Broadway smash La Cage aux Folles (now in its fourth year) and the 1974 revival of Gypsy; of complications from pneumonia; in Montclair, N.J. Holt also staged last month's 100th birthday salute to Showman George Abbott...
...These Romans are crazy," Asterix and his friend Obelix used to say. Then they'd go out and smash the Romans...
...this overlong account, Marsh purveys no dressing-room scandal -- apparently the Boss's only vices are driving fast and staying up late -- but discloses that when Manager Jon Landau suggested during the making of Born that none of the 70 songs Springsteen had written were good enough for a smash single, the Boss snarled, "You want another one, you write it." Then he sat down on his bed, guitar in hand, and composed Dancing in the Dark. No book could possibly capture the emotional peaks of a Springsteen concert, but this one gives Bossmaniacs plenty more reasons to believe...
This sleek retelling of the war between Chicago Ganglord Al Capone and Supercop Eliot Ness has all the right lures: ripe violence, tough guys in chic suits, the triumph of good over venal. No wonder it looks to be a summer smash. It is also a surprise hit for the film' s pricey talent: Director Brian De Palma, Screenwriter David Mamet and Stars Robert De Niro and Sean Connery...
...could not prevent the imposition last week of stiff U.S. tariffs against $300 million worth of Japanese exports. The move was in retaliation against Tokyo for selling microchips below cost on world markets and refusing to buy more U.S. semiconductors. At home, where the battle cry "Uriage-zei funsai!" (Smash the sales tax!) has been raised since February, Nakasone's proposed tax reforms, which include a new 5% sales tax, have won him few friends. Last week the Prime Minister's ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered its worst setback in 30 years in local elections. Concluded Tokyo Political Commentator Masayoshi...