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...perhaps, the only Southerner in our class. She brought to writing and to this New England background a feeling of soft Southern nights and lush foliage and intense romantic passions," Lurie said...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: A 'Very Romantic' Native of Chapel Hill Pursues the Literary Life | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

Kleindienst's stalwart conservative ideals, which landed him in the Nixon administration, are rooted in a background that begins with his grandfather...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Grandfather Was Inspiration for Watergate Attorney General | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...background and career path make Lemmon, 72, an anomaly among his Hollywood peers...

Author: By Jay S. Kimmelman, | Title: 'Some Like It Hot': After Two Oscars. Lemmon Still Sizzles | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...struggling actor, was a lead in the low-budget Swingers, a Gen-X comedy about latter-day lounge lizards bantering incessantly in superhip lingo--kinda like this, baby. In one scene, Vaughn's character picks up a woman in a bar while the theme from Jaws plays in the background; Steven Spielberg saw it, and the rest is show-biz history. Says Vaughn: "I do this one small movie for $250,000, and now I get this call that Spielberg wants to see me for The Lost World. So it's kind of a huge extreme from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COOL SUMMER MOVIES: SWINGING ATTITUDE | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...background of the film is conversations between my mother and her deceased mother," Johnson said...

Author: By George T. Hill, | Title: Theses Earn Hoopes Prizes For 49 Seniors | 5/23/1997 | See Source »

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