Word: turneritis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED Or: Back to the Future meets The Wizard of Oz. Kathleen Turner is an older Dorothy who is transported to the Emerald City of youth, then ruefully returns to the Kansas of middle age. Francis Coppola plays Frank Capra, and wins...
MOST BANKRUPTING Hoping for $1.7 billion in its anti-trust suit against the N.F.L., the U.S.F.L. won $3 instead. Expecting to make $20 million at his Moscow Goodwill Games, Ted Turner lost $26 million...
...onto it but feared that first publication might jeopardize the release of hostages.) As for Oliver North, his shadowy activities with the contras have been noted sporadically in the press, but neither Congress nor the press ever aggressively looked into what he was up to. Why not? Admiral Stansfield Turner, who ran the CIA under Carter, believes "it was the popularity of the President that deterred the oversight committees and the press from pursuing the issue." Can it be that the press, like the Supreme Court, follows the election returns...
Cray sang with Tina Turner for her HBO special, due out this winter, and recently showed up in St. Louis for Chuck Berry's 60th birthday party, a concert extravaganza that featured such luminaries as Keith Richards and Linda Ronstadt and was filmed for theatrical release next year. Cray sang two Berry classics, Come On and Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, and admits, "That was a real kick. But it was also intimidating...
...high- paying place to put their money. Before long, Milken's bustling office in Beverly Hills became the financial fueling stop for takeover artists on their way to a raid. Milken helped Carl Icahn take over TWA, backed T. Boone Pickens' run at Gulf and supported Ted Turner's successful bid for MGM/UA, among many other deals...