Word: anger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ochs's songs were best appreciated at large demonstrations. They didn't lend themself easily to the privatistic world of posh living rooms and expensive stereo systems. His music was meant to be experienced immediately, communally. At their best, his songs could move audiences to anger, love, and hope...
...strumpet he struts for is whore-cum-ballet-dancer Stephanie Virtue Secret-rose Diop--"Virtue" for short, which neatly sums up the situation. The curate Diouf pleads for passive religious acceptance; Felicity Trollop Pardon shrieks "Dahomey!" and "Africa!" with an epileptic frenzy; Augusta Snow says little and wears anger like a nimbus round her pout-mouthed head. Genet further burlesque's white perceptions of black names by dubbing the mysterious revolutionary "Newport News." Adelaide Bobo assists emcee-director Archibald and they begin to organize the evening's performance...
...That anger has not yet subsided, and it may yet hurt Gerald Ford for having pardoned Nixon so abruptly. When Ford hit Fresno last week in his bid for election, demonstrators carried placards that focused almost exclusively on the pardon. DOES NIXON DRIVE A FORD? asked one. BEG YOUR PARDON, said another. NIXON'S GHOST IN THE WHITE HOUSE, read a third. One Ford aide found some consolation in the timing of the Woodward-Bernstein book. "At least it's coming out now with quite a few months to die down and be forgotten, " he said. That could...
...Videla (his barracks nickname is El Hueso, the bone) will probably appoint a civilian Economy Minister who favors business and a Foreign Minister who supports strong ties with the U.S. For the moment, his main concern seems to be to avoid the kind of Chilean-style repression that might anger world opinion and frighten away foreign investors. Isabel herself may be allowed to fly into exile, probably to Spain; if she does stand trial, it is likely to be for a relatively minor offense, such as misuse of public funds...
...pouty lips conveyed a resurgent bitterness last week. There was an air of anger about him and dissension among his campaign aides. At the start of the 1976 campaign, he had seemed to be a gentle George Wallace. He refrained from attacking his critics and sang his populist song of cheering up the embattled middle class without the old undertones of racism and class hatred. But it had not worked. His railings against Washington bureaucrats, wealthy tax chiselers and crime in the streets had become respectable-but were being pre-empted by more respectable candidates. Carter asked Southern audiences...