Mary Richards sculpture delayed to spring in Minneapolis
TV Land commissioned a 55000 dollar bronze by Gwendolyn Gillen showing Mary Richards tossing her hat in Minneapolis opening credits. Installation moved from fall to April after Sept 11 disruptions at TV Land. London interview with Arthur Miller warns of rising government power post crisis.
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Minneapolis
Mary Richards
TV Land
Milwaukee
Gwendolyn Gillen
Mary Tyler Moore
TV News
New York
London
BBC World Service
Arthur Miller
U.S
Miller
Joe McCarthy
House of Un-American Activities Committee
Eastwood's daughter escapes fire in Vancouver
Francesca Eastwood crawled from her bedroom window to the garage roof and jumped to a neighbor's arms during a Christmas morning fire at Clint Eastwood's home. She was not seriously hurt. Frances Fisher, the mother, received hospital care for burns to her hands in Vancouver where she was filming.
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Vancouver
Canada
Clint East
Wood
Francesca Eastwood
Frances Fisher
Vancouver General Hospital
History Highlights from 27 October 1979
On this day 1979 Soviet troops seized Afghanistan. Darwin set sail on HMS Beagle’s Pacific voyage. Carry Nation smashed a bar in Wichita in 1900. Radio City Music Hall opened in New York in 1932. Hello Dolly closed on Broadway in 1970 after 2844 performances. Diane Fossey, gorilla scientist, was found murdered in Rwanda in 1985.
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Afghanistan
Charles Darwin
Pacific
Carry A. Nation
Carey Hotel
Wichita
Radio City Music
Hall
New York
Dollyl
Dilan Fossey
Rwanda
Birthdays Today Highlight John Amos and More
The list marks actor John Amos at 60 and ABC News correspondent Cokle Robertss 58, with Gerard Depardieu aged 53, Karla Bonoff 49, David Knopfler 49, Arthur Kent 48, Maryam D Abo 41, and notes John Amos.
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John Amoss
ABC News
Cokle Robertss
Gerard Depardieus
Karla Bonoff
David Knopfler
Dire Straits
Arthur Kent
Maryam D'Abo
Religion shaped by 9 11 in Lawrence's faith scene
In 2001 Americans sought solace after the Sept 11 attacks and religion gained new significance. The year also saw events and issues that affected Lawrence religion communities, as reflected in Friday's Religion section.
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Lawrence
Passing the hat keeps music alive in folk scene
In Saratoga Springs, Chris Smither performed at Caffe Lena in December honoring Bob Dylan while stressing folk artists keep working. The piece notes Dave Van Ronk's ongoing need for support due to cancer surgery and lost income, with planned benefit concerts and the cafe's coffeehouse history built by Lena Spencer. It covers pay ranges for performers, the role of Local 1000 in musician benefits, and quotes from Pete Seeger and John McCutcheon about continuing to perform and plan for retirement.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Chris Smither
Bob Dylan
Smither
Lena
Dave van Ronk
van Ronk
Dave
Folklore Productions
Dylan
Greenwich Village
al McKenney
Cambridge
Mass
Canton
Mary Katherine Aldin
New York
Tom,Paxton
Arlo Guthrie
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Hudson Valley
Pawling
Aldin
Caffe Lena
Rosalie Sorrell
Pete Seeger
Seeger
Poughkeepsie
Beacon
Hudson River
Spencer
McKenney
Craig
American Federation of Musicians
John McCutcheon
Union Local
Fox says Rivera made an honest mistake in Afghanistan reporting
Fox News Channel said war correspondent Geraldo Rivera made an honest mistake in his Kandahar friendly fire report. The network accepted his explanation and plans no further action, despite questions over mixing Kandahar with a later Tora Bora incident and a misreported location.
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New York
Fox News Channel
Geraldo Rivera
Afghanistan
Rivera
Kandahar
U.S
Mujahadeen
Baltimore) Sun
Tora Bora
the Sun
Fox News
Robert Zimmerman
Washington Post
Lord of the Rings leads box office as Ali tops debuts
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring dominated theaters in its first week with a $472 million three day weekend, while Ali starring Will Smith opened Christmas Day to $10.2 million. Harry Potter and other titles pushed annual box office past $8 billion.
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Los Angeles
David Tuckerman
New Line
Ali
Will Smith
Muhammad Ali
Patch Adams
Jeff Blake
Sony
Paul Dergarabedian
Exhibitor Relations
Tuesay
King George actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne dies at 72
Sir Nigel Hawthorne known as Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister died at his Hertfordshire home after a heart attack. He had fought cancer with chemotherapy and is survived by longtime companion Trevor Bentham. He won a Tony for Shadowlands and an Olivier for The Madness of George II. Knighted in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II.
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London
Nigel Hawthorne
Humphrey
King George
Hawthorne
Hertfordshire
Ken McReddie
McReddie
Coventry
England
South Africa
Britain
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Margaret Thatcher
C.S. Lewis
George II
Trevor Bentham
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Eastwood
Pittsburgh
Larry Kramer
Kramer
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Gay Men's Health Crisis
ACT UP
BASAS
Kansas
2Day’s History Journal
2Day
John Amos
David Amram
Sarah Craig
Lena Spencer
Ani DiFranco
Bonnie Raitt
Lord
Wallop
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