Word: authority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent albums, Billy Joel, the consummate piano man, has ignored his Steinway in favor of a flood of catchy pop tunes and guitar licks. And as I headed for the Worcester Centrum last Friday, I wondered which Billy Joel would appear: the scruffy author of such classics as "Captain Jack" and "I've Loved These Days," or the polished performer of such Top 40 fodder as "Modern Woman" and "A Matter of Trust...
According to William Robinson, Curator of Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum, the show focuses on "the latest results in Rembrandt drawings scholarship, particularly with regard to attribution." Attribution refers to the complicated process of determining the author of a particular work...
...1950s, are being touted for preservation, and some have already been set aside as historic landmarks by local and state agencies. "Many of the things that were taken for granted in the 19th century -- factories, mills, neighborhoods -- people now want to save," says Chester H. Liebs, historian and author of Main Street to Miracle Mile. "The same thing is going to happen to this century...
...roadside attractions of their youth. Groups in six states are seriously studying some of the teepee-shape motels and iceberg-shape gas stations that still dot U.S. Route 66, once the main route from Chicago to Los Angeles. "These places are a part of our history," says Richard Gutman, author of American Diner. "They are being swept away at a pace that is astonishing...
...rebel officers "are not Noriegas," says Stanley Karnow, author of In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. "They are not thugs by any means." While only about 2,000 rebel troops were involved in the rebellion, several other units declared themselves neutral in the conflict out of respect for Honasan's cause. Even if Gringo's latest attempt to seize power is thwarted, says Karnow, "the symptoms of malaise within the military will still be there...