Word: toms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such an unliveable situation, writes Tom Dardis in Some Time in the Sun, his account of the Hollywood screenwriting years of five American writers, the job that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offered Fitzgerald was a godsend. Unfortunately, Dardis, who is anxious to refute Fitzgerald critic Arthur Mizner and others who have portrayed the writer demoralized and deteriorating under the California sun, attempts to equate Fitzgerald's happiness with the $1,250 paychecks he received in 1938 from MGM. Dardis gives a blow-by-blow account of how Fitzgerald secured his contracts, but almost completely omits Fitzgerald's much talked about affair...
...Crimson's disabled offense showed momentary life on the next series when halfback Tom Winn busted up the middle for 33 yards, but the drive bogged down on the Harvard 43 and another Scott Coolidge punt was in order...
Momentarily, the wide side of the field appeared to offer clear sailing for the potential hero. But Crimson linebacker Tom Joyce was equal to the task, corralling the runner nearing the endzone flag and dragging him out of bounds on the two-yard line. Before most spectators could digest what had happened, a jubilant team from Harvard was all over the field celebrating its incredible 17-10 victory...
Jerry Dietz of the New York Athletic Club narrowly defeated Harvardian Greg Stone in the elite singles competition, an affair in which Stone's mentor, Coach Parker, also participated. Stone and Tom Wood earlier that day placed second ahead of Dietz and Larry Klecatsky, both leading American oarsman, in the double sculls, which was won by Riverside Boat Club...
...Merle Jeeter-prepares stoically for television's first testicle transplant. As for good ole Merle, he becomes a "born-again" politician. Also tripping into view will be a Miss Tippytoes, a glamorous CB radio freak who Mary thinks has a handle on her husband Tom. Then there is Gore Vidal, who visits Fernwood to see if there is a book in the larger meaning of Mary's breakdown. Says Norman Lear, executive producer of MH2. "My bent as a mature human is to entertain with the material that life affords...