Word: circuited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Webber (also not around in the last few years and also better than ever) as the heavy; and Herbert Lom, in the best of his Inspector Dreyfuss portrayals. There was too much of Lom in Strikes Again, and Edwards directed him badly, but here he's wired to short-circuit on sight of Clouseau, toppling over in hilarious catatonia...
...life has been a nonstop marathon of local television talk-show appearances (about 30, he figures) and visits from would-be agents, manufacturers and licensees (Skora recently signed a deal to license foot-high Arok toys in Japan). Arok has become a favorite on the convention and industrial-show circuit and wows 'em at bank branch openings by incinerating the ceremonial ribbon with his laser gun. His top appearance...
DIED. Totie Fields, 48, talk-show comedian who staged a comeback to the nightclub circuit following the amputation of her left leg in 1976; of a heart attack; in Las Vegas. She used to joke about her 4-ft. 11-in., 190-lb. figure: "Obese, hefty, overweight, rotund. I never knew there were so many ways to say fatty...
...National Labor Relations Board and the courts have cited J.P. Stevens for numerous violations of labor laws. In his letter to Finley, Dukakis wrote that he found the language of the federal circuit court of appeals to be "extraordinarily strong regarding the management practices of Stevens" concerning labor issues...
While Evert took a four-month hiatus from the circuit early this year, Navratilova became the scourge of the women's tour. By the end of March, she had won seven straight tournaments. Chris, an old friend, met the slimmer (145 Ibs.) and newly determined Martina in a Wimbledon warmup at the English seaside resort town of Eastbourne in late June. Navratilova won that stirring duel, serving notice that her resurgence was for real...