Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tonight's contest with an 0-8-1 league ledger after jumping to a stark naked 0-8 start. If not for a 2-2 skirmish with Army, which has been all it can be to the tune of a 1-9-2 record, Brown may have had to wait for the turn of the century before it recorded a point...
...hesitantly began jumping through paper hoops in Miller Lite beer commercials. Nine years later, his network stipend is crowding $1 million a year, and the rewards from his myriad motor-oil and antihistamine accounts may be two or three times that. He has written two best-selling memoirs (Hey, Wait a Minute, I Wrote a Book! and One Knee Equals Two Feet; Villard Books), and is at work on a third. Over the next few weekends, as pro football's best teams meet in the playoffs, Madden's audience will approach 50 million people a broadcast. Like a rock star...
ROBBIE ROBERTSON: ROBBIE ROBERTSON (Geffen). The Band's guiding light, finally stepping out on his own after eleven years and making sure it was all worth the wait...
...homeless population in 26 major cities, according to a study released last week by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Moreover, 22% of the homeless hold full- or part- time jobs, but the lack of affordable housing means some low-wage workers cannot find shelter. Meanwhile, the average wait for subsidized housing has reached 22 months...
Still, Winter is a relatively painless way to absorb a great deal of information. Those who feel guilty wasting their time on made-up stories can assuage their consciences with Deighton's exhaustive supply of names, dates and places that mattered. Or they might wait for the mini-series for which this sprawling novel seems tailor-made...