Word: tarred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Around Asbury Park, N.J., an oil and tar slick washes ashore, closing the beach for one day of the usually profitable Labor Day weekend...
Perhaps this cool lover will entice her onto the big screen. There is talk of film work -- maybe an adaptation of Toni Morrison's Tar Baby, maybe a movie version of Dreamgirls. Meanwhile, her family will keep Whitney well protected. Her brothers run interference for her on tour; Robyn offers support and palship; John promotes and shields the family star. Still, Dad must wonder when the cocoon becomes a cage. Last year, after a concert in London, Whitney joined the crew at the local Hippodrome. "I was nervous," he recalls. "At one point I spotted her on the dance floor...
...Nixon directive to tar John F. Kennedy with the assassination of former Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem...
...Orangemen, ranked No. 10 nationally and second in the region behind the Tar Heels, held off upstart Florida 87-81 in the opening game at the Brendan Byrne Arena behind a career-high 33-point performance by center Rony Seikaly...
East: If the Tar Heels finally realize that point guard Kenny Smith (16.9 points per game) is the man who should be taking the big shots, then North Carolina should win the East. Joe Wolf and Jeff Lebo are fine college shooters from the perimeter and freshman J.R. Reid can score with ease against less physical defenders, but Smith is the guy who should be netting 20 every game...