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Word: wilbur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rumored dalliance poses a journalistic dilemma: Are a candidate's personal peccadilloes legitimate issues in a presidential campaign? The old rule - such indiscretions are off-limits as long as they do not interfere with official performance - has been breaking down in the wake of Watergate, Wayne Hays and Wilbur Mills. A new standard may evolve as the presidential campaign unfolds. Says Boston Globe Editor Thomas Winship: "We haven't yet thought out how far bedroom activity takes you into legitimate journalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Sex and the Senior Senator | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Like Katharine Hepburn, she uses her regal beauty and bearing to make her sudden descents to earth all the more exciting. There are also crisp contributions from Douglas as the fading Senator, Charles Kimbrough as Tynan's most possessive aide and Rip Torn as a sort of Wilbur Mills before the fall. When a movie has parts as fine as these, one can almost forget that they do not add up to a triumphant whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Split Ticket | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn 79)Jim Konstanty 80)Wilbur Wood 81)106 82)Darold Knowles 83)Joe Page 84)Bob Grim 85)Rollie Fingers 86)Moe Drabowsky 87)Rollie Fingers 88)Koufax 89)Pee Wee Reese 90)Mr. Laffs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And You Thought You Knew Baseball | 5/25/1979 | See Source »

Thirsty to hear French but a bit rusty, audiences tend to turn up at the theater sensibly bearing the original text or Rich ard Wilbur's fine translation. To help with the language barrier, the Comédie offers headsets and simultaneous translations into serviceable though clubfooted English prose. The effect is a bit like watching a movie under water. Anyone who possibly can should read the play in French beforehand, then sit back and let the long lines roll down the centuries and over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Fool for Truth | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Murder at the Howard Johnson's--Wilbur Theater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: April 26- May 2 | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

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