EDITOR SAYS PRESS DOES A BETTER JOB; Teachers Hear T.M. Bernstein Link Awareness of Public to Wider News Coverage
Date: 18 February 1954
Presides at NY Times teachers course
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Travolta came to prominence starring in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), followed by a supporting performance in Carrie (1976) and then leading roles in Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), and Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Pulp Fiction (1994). His other notable films include Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), The General's Daughter (1999), The Punisher (2004), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008), and Savages (2012).
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Lees meer...18 februari 1954 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♒. Het was de 48e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Date: 18 February 1954
Presides at NY Times teachers course
Date: 19 February 1954
NYS Bar Assn opposes radio-TV and news picture coverage of probes, House (Scott) subcom hearing on rules
Date: 18 February 1954
Date: 18 February 1954
Sells Chelsea, SI, yd to Ithaca Marine
Date: 18 February 1954
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pres Eisenhower approves cut, news conf; repts cut has long been under study; says aim is to raise consumption and is in best interests of dairy people
Date: 18 February 1954
To be hon guest at White House News Photographers Assn dinner
Date: 19 February 1954
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Chancellor Raab stresses disappointment, not dejection
Date: 19 February 1954
Bust purchased by Security Indus Assn for new aircraft carrier Forrestal; illus