Word: spencers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have not yet seen it. Italian Director Franco Zeffirelli called the movie "damaging to the image of Christ. He cannot be made the object of low fantasies." Fundamentalist Leader Jerry Falwell called for a boycott against MCA, Universal's parent company; all MCA products, which include Grosset & Dunlap publishers, Spencer Gifts and Motown Records; and any theater that shows the film. Said Falwell: "Neither the label 'fiction' nor the First Amendment gives Universal the right to libel, slander and ridicule the most central figure in world history...
Elizabeth Spencer is often compared to another Mississippi-born writer, Eudora Welty. Sometimes Spencer's name is even mentioned in the same critical breath with Henry James. The comparisons are flattering, but to be measured against some of the best usually means never measuring up. Cold comfort then for Spencer, especially since so many writers today are overpraised on a narrower scale of accomplishment...
Atlantic is making a strong bid with Debbie Gibson, 17. She may sing like a Muppet baby, but her first album has already fostered four Top Five singles. Capitol counters with Tracie Spencer, 12, whose first album came out last month, while A&M has Shanice Wilson, 15, who landed her record contract by winning a talent contest. Even Tracy Chapman, 24, a singer-songwriter out of Boston, sounds like a flashback. Her warmly praised debut album resounds with high purpose, in marked contrast to the growing legions of pube rockers, but to anyone who actually made it through...
News Editor for this issue: Julie L. Belcove '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Emily M. Bernstein '90 Noam S. Cohen '89 Ross G. Forman '90 Laurie M. Grossman '89 Spencer S. Hsu '90 Brooke A. Masters '89 Jeffrey S. Nordhaus '89 Editorial Editors: Laurie M. Grossman '89 John J. Murphy '89 Features Editor: Benjamin R. Miller '89 Photo Editor: Anh T. Nguyen-Huyn Sports Editor: Casey J. Lartigue Business Editor: Amy J. Merritt...
News Editor for this Issue: Brooke A. Masters '89 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Spencer S. Hsu '90 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Copy Editor: Avram S. Brown '89 Editorials Editor: John J. Murphy '89 Features Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Photo Editors: Eugene L. Jhong '90 Gavin R. Villareal '90 Sports Editor: Casey J. Lartigue Jr. '89 Michael J. Lartigue '89 Business Editor: Amy J. Merritt...