Word: companionism
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...have so much affection for Bob Dylan that I have even found myself revoking, albeit half-kiddingly, new relationships based on the other person's dislike (or at times, dread) for Dylan. But who wouldn't feel inclined to give allegiance to an old friend over a new companion...
...eighth grade, when the school held a father-son night, John's companion was Roosevelt Grier, the former football star who in 1968 had tackled Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan. But John would not talk about his dead father and uncle; classmates recall only one history class in his Collegiate career when John mentioned the President. If you didn't know who he was, you'd take him for a typical '70s teenager, face obscured by a helmet of longish brown hair, heading to Central Park with his friends to throw a Frisbee or play with a pack...
...serious her disabilities were. But in 1941, without consulting his wife Rose, Joe decided to subject Rosemary to a prefrontal lobotomy that left her deeply retarded. Rosemary, now 80, has been institutionalized ever since. In 1948 another daughter, Kathleen, died in a plane crash over France after her companion urged their pilot to fly through bad weather...
Lona Williams' script has more lutefisk and Lutheran gags than a year of A Prairie Home Companion. Williams and director Michael Patrick Jann are as eager to deride Middle America, with its oppressively cheerful whiteness, as they were to exploit the area's hospitality; the film was shot in half a dozen Minnesota towns. As Amber says, "The whole thing's kinda sad and lame at the same time...
...induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year. The band sent the Berlin crowd home with a new gospel-tinged song called Land of Hopes and Dreams: "Well I will provide for you and I will stand by your side/You'll need a good companion darlin' for this part of the ride." Just before leaving for Europe, the band premiered the song in Asbury Park. "Tell all your friends that this summer there's going to be a big train coming down the track," Springsteen promised. For millions of U.S. fans, it's time again...