Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doesn't wear the waist-long hair he dragged through those Nixon war upheaval years, and his tie dye shirts are fading in the closet, but Carlin still feels a little bit of the rebel in him. Carlin swore out at the world through his albums when they first started selling (he has now cut six); but in 1978, almost everyone has heard his "Seven Words" and his more innocuous skits on the Johnny Carson show...
...crowd had calmed down a bit, not quite knowing what to do with its growing triumph, nursing the drinks to prolong a decision on what to do next. Over in one corner a trio of priests huddled together, discussing topics ecclesiastical and otherwise; in the eye of this growing storm, it seemed the logical place to head...
...cheering started up in the tent a quarter of an hour before King made his entrance. "Dump the Duke," they chanted, although the just-announced concession speech made that sentiment a bit dated. Then a touch of originality: "The Duke is dead, long live the King," on and on for a solid seven minutes--good, lusty, raw-throated cheering. Then the man struggled into the tent and the blood frenzy began, an animal roar on the verge of losing control, the disbelief and delight and confusion all muddled together, losing all sense. The band switched from its 14th rendering...
King stood up on a platform, looking more than a bit confused, a man who obviously began the night with a concession speech in his pocket and hadn't found the time to waste on something as frivolous as a victory speech. He started in on a litany of campaign promises, culled from the posters that encircled the room, but the roaring of the crowd stayed about the same. Not until he mentioned Dukakis was there a shift in emotion, of depth of feeling; then the boos and catcalls reached Fenway-bleacher intensity, genuine danger level. Ed King, hardly...
...party over, I headed for the phones, not quite sure of what had happened. Maybe Father McLaughlin had a point with his theory about "middle-class issues," but it seemed that the boos for Dukakis were just a little bit louder than the cheers for Proposition 13 and the death penalty (cheering for the death penalty is, I decided, a uniquely American political pastime) and abortion funding cut-offs. Maybe--but it didn't matter that night, as I headed across the street, passing a happy soul weaving under the influence of dollar-ninety Scotch. A soft breeze carried with...