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...flamboyant sham evangelist Elmer Gantry, died of a heart attack at age 80. His career spanned 70 films. But the Lancaster image that lingers for many is the once scandalous "From Here to Eternity" beach scene, in which a taut Burt and a svelte Deborah Kerr nearly get swept away...
Oliver North knows. He knows that he, like Duke before him, has more than a soldier's fighting chance. The religious right swept Duke up the first few steps to power; North is hoping that he'll make it all the way back to Washington. But don't all those crooked dealings with Iran get in the way? Not in the minds of this country's so-called "moral majority." Those words have come to mean just about nothing...
...saga ends in 1951, by which time the young artist has, more or less, come of age. He had one hell of a time getting there -- and the reader has had a hell of a time too, swept along by the potent names, the glamorous and seedy settings, and Rorem's gift for the sometimes penetrating, some-times facile bon mot. (Debunking originality in art: "Anyone can build a better mousetrap, but it still snares the same old mice...
...Crimson swept the doubles pro-sets to win the doubles team point and then took five of six singles matches to complete the rout...
...Crimson (1-0) swept the singles positions and took two of the three doubles pro-sets to earn the doubles point...