Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Edward P. Morgan narrates this special based on Walter Sullivan's book, which explores the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Among the guests are Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Harold Urey, M.I.T.'s Dr. Philip Morrison and NASA's Dr. William Pickering...
...firearms. What they neglect to mention, however, is that Roosevelt (one of seven U.S. presidents who have been shot at by would-be assassins), was a longtime advocate of strong gun laws. As Governor in 1932, F.D.R. vetoed two bills that attempted to emasculate New York's tough Sullivan Law, which remains the only state law requiring police permits for possession of handguns. During his presidency, the two major existing federal gun laws-the firearms acts of 1934 and 1938-were passed. In fact, a 1962 article in The American Riflleman took note of the late President...
...ideas and his scatological eloquence, the film script turns the story into a cliche-stocked, ho-humdrum thriller about a TV star (Stuart Whitman) who murders his rich-bitch wife (Eleanor Parker) in Reel Two, and for the next 80 minutes is dogged doomward by the police (Barry Sullivan), his wife's father (Lloyd Nolan), a former mistress (Janet Leigh), and his own conscience. The few amusing moments are provided by Actor Whitman, a young man with a large chest and a small talent who apparently intends to portray Modern Man in Search of a Soul, but actually looks...
...police officers killed on duty were gunshot victims. In Dallas, where firearm regulations are practically nonexistent (as throughout all of Texas), 72% of all homicides were committed with guns v. 25% in New York City, where the state's tough 55-year-old Sullivan Law requires police permits for the mere possession of handguns. Says J. Edgar Hoover: "Those who claim that the availability of firearms is not a factor in murders in this country are not facing reality...
...life. It is invisible because it defies chronology. It measures age not by a date on a calendar but by a dance of the mind. Just prior to last week's marriage of Frank Sinatra, 50, to Mia Farrow, 21, Mia's mother Maureen O'Sullivan, 55, was asked how she felt about the 29-year age discrepancy. Said she: "It means nothing. I know people who are antiques at 35 and others who can watusi...