Word: standing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does calisthenics before finishing up with six miles of roadwork. Some 70 offers for fights have come in so far, and Jones figures on three dozen bouts before taking on a real heavyweight contender. "You gotta crawl before you walk," he says. And if "Too Tall" never gets to stand up, there is always sport...
...circuit since Robin Williams. ABC wisely signed him up, only to cast him in this tired Mork & Mindy retread about an angel who moves to earth. Unlike the manic Williams, who makes a guest appearance in Blue's first episode, Brogan is a quiet, reflective comedian. In his stand-up act he functions as a bemused straight man, playing off the audience, and does not deliver a set routine. ABC would have been smart to put him hi something like the old Jack Benny Show, where he would have a cast of idiosyncratic characters to bounce...
Business leaders in other fields cheer Chrysler's off-the-mat selling drive, but many oppose federal aid. True, a number agree with Zenith Chairman John Nevin, who argues, "I don't think you can casually stand aside and watch a company the size of Chrysler go down. You have to calculate the cost of Chrysler going under and ask if it is worth something to prevent that." But many more echo Clarence Barksdale, chairman of the First National Bank in St. Louis: "If you have any belief in the free-enterprise system, you have to let weak...
...extraordinary half human, half feline Golden Slave portrayed by Nijinsky, and the unexpected colors of Bakst. That was succeeded by the most famous opening-night brawl in history, when a glittering crowd booed Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Nijinsky, who choreographed the Rite, was forced to stand on a chair backstage and shout instructions above the din. La Belle Epoque was over...
Among the key issues are the wage scale, health insurance benefits and the definition of the union. B.U. president John Silber announced Friday the university's first offer will stand unchanged...