Word: alfresco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spoof his conviction earlier this year for committing a lewd act in a public rest room. The video for the song Outside, which MTV plans to debut this Wednesday, features a public bathroom morphing into a disco as Michael, dressed as a policeman, sings of the pleasures of alfresco sex while dancing with a harem of underattired women. The video was shot 15 miles from the Beverly Hills, Calif., park where the singer was arrested last April. It seems the judge who sentenced him possessed a slightly less evolved sense of humor and prohibited Michael from ever returning...
While most of the residents are dressed summer casual, their bare legs sticking to plastic chairs assembled on the center's basketball court, Williams is wearing a gray suit, a gray shirt and his trademark bow tie (also gray, though with a few zany paisley figures). "Welcome to forum alfresco," he quips in a typical bit of Ivy League drollery. No one laughs. But Williams is being himself, and the crowd seems to appreciate it. Somehow, in fact, this Yale-talking geek has inspired a city desperate for inspiration...
...previous strikes, some minor league games will find their way onto TV, but most will not. Nothing wrong with that; baseball is a feast best served alfresco. And the minor leagues dish it up in refreshingly affordable portions. The last time a grandstand seat in the major leagues cost $3.75, Willie Mays was still patrolling center field at the Polo Grounds. At Pittsfield's Wahconah Park, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, a $5 bill buys not only a hot dog but also a seat less than 40 ft. from home plate...