Word: sweethearted
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That disaster almost happened. Moceanu, vaulting next to last, wound up short both times, landing ingloriously on her rear end. America's-sweetheart-to-be suddenly looked like what she was--a little girl--and her low scores put the pressure on Strug, anchoring the team in her best event. Strug raced into her vault and landed--shockingly, incredibly--on her seat as well. Worse, she came up limping...
...dirt about his father, spurred on by the discovery of bones and badge belonging to the relentlessly reptilian Sheriff Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson) whom old Sheriff Deeds may have killed. Add to the picture other family mini-dramas--another family's father-son conflict; Sam's high school sweetheart Pilar (Elizabeth Pena) and her family--and there's more than enough for the canvas...
...shrugs and adds, "A medal in the all-around." While neither achievement would place her in the firmament of such all-around stars as Comaneci and Retton, if Moceanu can be her witty, outspoken self in Atlanta, a strong performance should be enough to earn her Olga Korbut honors: sweetheart of the Summer Games...
...government case: though the Justice-Laborers pact has been denounced as a sweetheart deal, it was justified. A suit seeking to put the Laborers under government control could have dragged through the courts for years. Even then, it is not certain that Coia would have been ousted. "It is not a crime to be controlled by the Mob," prosecutor Coffey points out. To convict Coia under federal racketeering statutes, the government would have to prove that he committed two felonies as part of a criminal conspiracy. So far, "we don't have enough evidence," says an FBI agent...
...Hollywood's most popular male actor, outranking Charlie Chaplin; the top female was Mary Pickford, the cagey gamin called America's Sweetheart. A year later, the three stars and Griffith started their own company, United Artists. And in 1920 Fairbanks married Pickford. His Majesty the American...