Word: unsung
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fifth, is the author's wry observations of Britain's entertainment milieu. Brett has a farceur's eye for crooked agents and egomaniac stars, for performers elbowing their way up or trying to take the slide back down gracefully, for network nitwits, for creative geniuses unsung by anyone but themselves...
Other lacrosse award winners were Norm Forbush (most improved), Bill Forbush (unsung hero), Wigglesworth (most hustle), co-captain Jamie Egasti (spirit and leadership), Mike Faught (high scorer), and Ken First (biggest contribution to program). The speedy First won last week's "March of Dimes" race as well...
...Unsung Dave Kinney, who has had a tough time scoring points this season, came up with a clutch showing in the javelin, taking third with a throw...
Pennington is one of dozens of unsung Farbers around the country whose notes have been subpoenaed by prosecutors or defense attorneys in the wake of the Times incident. No one can say how many of the subpoenas were directly inspired by that widely publicized case, but the number appears to have risen dramatically. The Washington-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which is looking into at least 29 cases involving journalists who have been subpoenaed in the past 18 months, notes that new cases are coming in at the rate of 100 to 125 a year. In many...
Bucky Dent, the starting shortstop whose play has tested the loyalty of many a Yankee fan, coupled his bat with less-than-graceful Lou Piniella's glove to form one mammoth unsung hero for New York. Dent's three-run homer in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead silenced a too-cocky-for-such-a-close-game Fenway crowd, while Piniella's defensive efforts in Glaucoma Country (sundrenched right field) enabled the lead to hold...