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That central fact is the child. "You are always conscious of the child," Susanna said. "I brought her to one class when I just had no other option. And even though she was made to feel very welcome, the entire time I had to worry abut whether she was going to fall down the stairs or bite somebody. And it's like I can't function. Even if people are optimally nice, there is still nothing...

Author: By Tom M. Levenson, | Title: College...and Kids | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

...later I was on the road through western Nevada towards Oregon. Out past Reno I took up with another hitchhiker, a 40 year old permanent wayfarer who sold home-made turquoise jewelry to other roadies to survive. He was on the way to a rock concert he'd heard abut in Oregon, and since he had lost all his money the night before in Carson City, he was in a hurry to sell as many necklaces and roach clips as he could to the concertgoers. I hadn't heard of any concert, but he'll, he'd been hitching...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Riding a Greyhound In Search of America | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...resulted as much from the expectations of the adult world as it did from liberated libidos. Still a self-conscious virgin when she first arrived at Yale, she asked herself, "How has it happened, what have we come to, that the scarlet letter these days isn't Abut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

...that the Record-American is taking over the Herald's plant at 300 Harrison Avenue, I suppose they'll ask the city government to change the names of the streets--Herald Street and Traveler Street--that abut the plant. I hope they do not erase these two tiny monuments to failure, and if they do I hope someone will say for us all. "HUB SCORNS NAME CHANGE, LAUDS FOND MEMORY...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: The Boston Herald Traveler, 1825-1972 | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...good luck and good sense to drop out. She spent the past two years working her way from playing bars and clubs to getting second billing at major concert dates. Despite the eclectic approach of her first record. Bonnie is primarily a blues musician: what she has learned abut the blues, both technically and spiritually, from her close association with such brilliant musicians as Buddy Guy. Junior Wells, and Mississippi Fred McDowell, has helped her develop into one of the best white acoustic blues guitarists alive. Her instrumental work is never too flashy and serves mostly as an accompaniment...

Author: By Andy Klein, | Title: Bonnie Raitt | 11/23/1971 | See Source »

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