Word: goodman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never forget the last night of Jesse Jackson's mission to free U.S. Navy flyer Robert Goodman from captivity in Syria. Another reporter and I were in Jackson's hotel suite in Damascus, beating the reverend and one of his buddies at bid whist, a homeboy version of bridge. But when it was Jackson's turn to deal, he rolled his eyes toward heaven, mumbled something under his breath, and dealt himself a "Boston"--meaning that he won all the tricks. He was still gloating over his luck a few minutes later when Syria's Foreign Minister telephoned with word...
...Jackson, life can't get any better than it was that night in 1984. Securing Goodman's release instantly transformed him, in the public mind, from a doggerel-spouting opportunist into a diplomatic star and serious presidential candidate. But only a few weeks later, Jackson's references to New York City as "Hymie Town" hit the front pages, plunging him--and his standing in the polls--into a depression. Ever since, through two presidential campaigns and countless crusades, he has been trying to recapture the acclaim he won in Damascus and the euphoric high it gave...
...Goodman's practice includes civil law, and he represents only a few reputed wiseguys, but that's where his celebrity comes from. Goodman played himself in the movie Casino, as the attorney for a Mob character portrayed by actor Joe Pesci. At a roast honoring Goodman, tributes poured in from prisons across the land, including a teasing video from an alleged mobster who said, "Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today...
...would a guy so rich and famous run for the mostly thankless job of mayor? "I had always fought the System from outside," says Goodman, "and figured I'd take a shot at doing some good from inside." Goodman has lived 35 years in Las Vegas and has proved a tireless glad-hander during this campaign. He has led in the polls, including one published last Thursday, and is expected to win this week's primary, though not with a margin large enough to avoid a runoff vote in June...
...Sound"; of liver disease; in New Orleans. The ever affable Hirt was an institution in his hometown of New Orleans, where he ran a Bourbon Street club and had a stake in football's Saints. During a five-decade career, he toured with Big Bands led by Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, recorded more than 50 albums and won a Grammy. He continued to play local clubs until the last weeks of his life...