Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sometimes I wonder how a plain college girl like me could ever possibly help a billionaire, but after reading the article on Hughes, I feel that I could have done something for the poor...
...network hustlers who believe viewer ratings and product sales are the total of TV acceptance ever wonder who the millions are who don't watch...
...morning he swims laps in his backyard pool for precisely 30 minutes. Reserved in public, Brown can be arrogant. But Pentagon officials approvingly recall that during the '60s he got along well with uniformed officers and Congressmen after overcoming their initial suspicions of him as an insufferable boy wonder...
...audience members who know the difference between Paul Williams and Phil Spector. If Streisand and Peters condescend to the music, they graciously allow rock audiences the chance to cheer for true genius. A concert sequence, where the debuting Barbra brings a hostile rocker audience to their feet with the wonder of her funkiness, is a milestone of piquant absurdity, equivalent, perhaps, to having Kate Smith conquer Woodstock...
Death, it seemed, was imminent. But the patient hung on, battling bankruptcy from week to week. Now, after drastic surgery and some extensive aid from competitors, it is clear that Government Employees Insurance Co., the ailing former wonder child of the industry (TIME, July 19), will live. The latest signs of viability: after losing $124 million in 1975 and $40 million in the first six months of 1976, GEICO turned a small profit in the third quarter; it expects more black ink in the last three months. The company has sold a $75 million issue of preferred stock, mostly...