Word: wizard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...group of Fundamentalist Christian parents, led by Vicki Frost, a mother of four, attacked the school district's choice of such books as The Diary of Anne Frank and The Wizard of Oz on the ground that the works contained references that were contrary to what the parents regarded as God's teaching. The state of Tennessee argued that parents could not pick and choose from the curriculum; if they did, their children could not remain in school. Hull disagreed, ruling that parents could withdraw their children from the reading program but allow them to receive the rest...
Another student appealed to Brown University with a "Wizard of Oz" parody, ending Dorothy's search with the discovery, "There's no place like Brown.... There's no place like Brown...
...problem is the MGM/UA acquisition from wily Owner Kirk Kerkorian. Analysts estimate that Turner overpaid as much as several hundred million dollars for the moviemaking studio and its assets, especially a rich library of some 3,600 films that includes such gems as Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. In the process the Atlanta tycoon had to raise nearly $1.2 billion, mostly by issuing high- interest junk bonds, thereby pushing TBS's total debt to nearly $2 billion. He now faces a $600 million repayment that comes due Sept. 15. Will Turner be able to keep...
...Friday evening, and television viewers all over France are rushing to finish up the dinner dishes. It is almost time for Ambition, a popular new program starring Financial Wizard Bernard Tapie, 44. Sporting a dark blue suit and his trademark red tie, the lively Parisian preaches hard work and street smarts as the roots of success. "Create companies and earn big money through entrepreneurship," he counsels his enthusiastic audience. "Dare to think...
Starting out was hard. He played the evil lead in a children's theater production of Rapunzel and the Wicked Wizard ("It's widely read in Europe," says droll Danny). He tried Los Angeles ("I couldn't get arrested . . . or an agent") and came back East. But for a while in New York City, there was no house to call home. "I had no money and needed a place to sleep, so I'd ride the Third Avenue bus up to the Bronx, cross the street and ride back down to the Battery. Thanks to the transit authority...