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Forecast). Fresh from a long sojourn at a Colorado mountain retreat last April, Hardin recorded this album at Manhattan's Town Hall. Most of the selections are from his previous albums (If I Were a Carpenter, Red Balloon, The Lady Came from Baltimore). What those albums do not contain, however, is the degree of spontaneity and emotional depth that mark Hardin's in-person performing. He has one of the most poignant voices in the folk field, seemingly always about to crack or lapse into a sigh, as if the effort of every graceful phrase cost him pain...
...Nixon won. Scranton might then become Ambassador to the United Nations. McGeorge Bundy, a Republican who served both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was once considered for State, but his call for a bombing halt hurt his chances because Nixon's camp felt that he was lifting a trial balloon for Lyndon Johnson...
...little nothing" black dress will no longer do, even if it carries a famous designer's label. Today a woman is expected to design herself, assembling on her body a collage of bright colors, sensuous textures and glittering accessories. There are jeweled vests, billowing felt capes, balloon pants, plus pounds of false jewelry, ribbons, scarves, belts and chains-anything that can be combined to create a fanciful costume of individuality and panache...
...body, the result is a grotesque caricature. Nixon is thin, almost frail. His head emerges from neckless, hunched shoulders; he looks like a younger Ed Sullivan. His feet dangle like a marionette's encased in tiny black shoes. His arms are held close to his side, except when they balloon out in stilted Victory gestures...
...students who showed up tried to slink in and out the door, guarded on each side by a bunny. When one student managed to escape without being given a Blood Drive balloon, the escort said excitedly, "Give him a balloon, give him a balloon." The student kept going, saying he didn't want one. "He didn't want one," Goldie said, grinning. The escort frowned...