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...Townsend had the money, the familial support and the name recognition in her bid for Congress against a first-term incumbent. But she lost to Bentley, garnering only 41 percent of the vote, despite efforts to exploit her name...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Those Kennedys... | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...clearly be seen, by anyone who considers the real information, that the BSA bears no resemblance whatsoever to the finals clubs. Kimberly, and anyone who shares her opinion, please educate yourself. Jacinda T. Townsend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forced Exclusion | 10/20/1988 | See Source »

...Boston Afro-American Artists Association holds its annual outdoor exhibit, Sunday in the Park, a day early this year in Horatio Harris Park, at Townsend Street and Walnut Avenue, Roxbury. Hours Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rain dates, August 14-15. Telephone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IS TO BE DONE | 8/5/1988 | See Source »

...Eddie's always had the power," says his friend Robert Townsend, "but now he's flexing his muscles more." And why not? Murphy, 27, may be the most popular movie comedian since Charlie Chaplin. Beverly Hills Cop ranks No. 9 among all-time box-office champs; Cop II was last summer's monster hit; Raw, released at Christmas, was the top-grossing concert film ever. Now Murphy has upended his strutting, misogynist image to play an innocent prince pursuing an independent woman. In Coming to America, Eddie is ready for love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Wanna-See Guy | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...many people get to the trailer, feeding rumors about Murphy's Elvis-like isolation. But Townsend, who directed him in Raw, shrugs off the tattle. "If he was alone on a mountaintop reading books about Howard Hughes, I'd worry. But Eddie's no prisoner. He's very social." Nor, he adds, has stardom soured Murphy's work. "Comedy is, after all, timing. And with his career, Eddie's timing has been solid gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Wanna-See Guy | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

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