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Word: zindler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Symphony Olympics, a cacophonous assembly of nine celebrity guest conductors who showed up last week for a publicity-stunt contest that generated more than 1,500 new subscribers for the symphony season. All conducted themselves admirably-and the suffering orchestra less well. In the end, local TV Journalist Marvin Zindler copped the gold with his rendition of the "William Tell"Overture. Former N.B. A. Star Calvin Murphy successfully shot for the silver with Sweet Georgia Brown, and Space Shuttle Pilot Engle blasted his way to the bronze with the theme from Star Wars. As for the symphony players, Engle observed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 7, 1984 | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

Then this reformer, name of Marvin Zindler-a real pain in the hind cheeks-he started a crusade to close down the Chicken Ranch. And you know, he did. So the girls lit out for towns a little more hospitable to the good life-Austin Galveston, Tijuana. But that wasn't the end of the best little whorehouse in Texas. No sir. It was jes' the beginnin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Whorehouse goes Hollywood | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...some other Texas boys and girls took Larry's story and made it into a genuine Broadway show. They had singin' and jokin' and jes' enough carryin' on to keep the folks comm in and the vice squad out. They had bad ole Marvin Zindler high-steppin' through his favorite den of iniquity like a virgin bride navigatin' a field of cow chips. They had Sheriff T.J.-they called him Ed Earl-and Miss Edna-they ailed her Mona-lookin' longingly at each other from th' opposite sides of middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Whorehouse goes Hollywood | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

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