Word: earl
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...theaters in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. Conan, about to go into production in Spain, is based on the 1930s sword-and-sorcery tales of Robert E. Howard. Schwarzenegger's main cause for thoughtful concern is the film's villain, Thulsa Doom, played by James Earl Jones, the ominous voice of Star Wars'Darth Vader...
...tempting tax dodges. Invest $30,000 in Wyoming coal fields, the pitch went, and use a loophole in the law to take a legitimate $150,000 deduction on Form 1040. Like many tax-shelter schemes, the offer attracted big names with big money: Basketball Stars Spencer Haywood and Earl ("the Pearl") Monroe, Candid Camera Host Allen Funt, Rock Singer Alice Cooper and Model Margaux Hemingway. The late Elvis Presley was the biggest customer of all: he sank $500,000 into the enterprise...
Fiesta Bowl, December 26, at Tempe, Ariz: A pair of not-quites line up in tepid Tempe, 9-2 Ohio State and 9-2 Penn State. Earl Bruce's Buckeyes, led by signal-caller Art Schlichter, did not live up to pre-season expectations. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions (love that nickname) fell to archrival Pittsburgh, spoiling an otherwise superlative schedule against a slew of talented teams. Both sides can salvage up a little bit of pride. Truthfully, they'd rather be in Pasadena and New Orleans. Ohio State 32, Penn State...
...Gladys (Maria Tucci) lives in the fragile limbo of a mind that has broken its moorings. She regards the confiscation of her personal diaries in a police raid as a spiritual rape, and has precariously survived mental therapy. Piet and Gladys nostalgically anticipate the visit of Steve Daniels (James Earl Jones), one of the valiant veterans of the antiapartheid causer as a healing family reunion. But it turns out to be a conflagration of doubt, rage, lost love, recrimination and remorse...
...Georgia Tech this Saturday, he has rushed for 1,411 yds., a new school record and only 175 yds. short of the N.C.A.A. mark for first-year players set by Tony Dorsett at Pittsburgh in 1973. Says Gil Brandt, director of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys: "Walker and Earl Campbell are the only two players I've ever seen who could have gone straight from high school to the pros...