Word: cooling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is none of John Rockwell's "This writer" bullshit, none of Kit Rachlis' ludicrous over-intellectualization, none of Dave Marsh's brash favoritism (who likes Beaver Brown, but not the Clash!), etc. When Rolling Stone has grown more and more uncool, the Voice quietly retains its cool, thanks to Lester Bangs and Mr. Christgau. This book is hardly comprehensive, nore objective, but it doesn't and couldn't try to be. He loves enough types of music--Reggae, Soul, Punk, and Rock and Roll--and listens to enough music (14 hours a day, brag his zealous press releases...
Into this quiet disarray bursts Randall (Jake Lamar), a schizophrenic, self-proclaimed "young gentleman of color" (this is set in 1961); an impossibly jive, cool dude who proceeds to play a tense game of thrust and parry with Mr. Glas, the store-owner, (David Reiffel). As the two are gradually getting a feel for one another, in bursts a young Jewish girl (everyone seems to burst into Slow Dance) on her way to have an abortion and about to faint...
There was California's Democratic Senator Alan Cranston, noted for his cool wisdom and for running a 100-yd, dash in 12.6 sec. at age 55, trying to redefine for a CBS breakfast television audience the meaning of "ironbound," as in "I have 54 ironbound votes against AWACS...
...best he could, Kekkonen worked out a way for Finland to exist in the looming shadow of the neighboring Soviet Union. Said Acting Prime Minister Eino Uusitalo following the resignation: "The Finns have felt the security of his long experience and cool judgment in both foreign and internal problems...
...long time ago when I was writing for pulps I put into a story a line li ke 'He got out of the car and walked across the sun-drenched sidewalk until the shadow of the awning over the entrance fell across his face like the touch of cool water.' They took it out when they published the story. Their readers didn't appreciate this sort of thing: just held up the action. And I set out to prove them wrong...