Word: cools
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about the show was premeditated--and therefore safe. From the in-the-dark opening of "Ride Across The River" to the detonating of a mushroom cloud in the second-to-last number, "Brothers In Arms," Knopfler could do no wrong. All he had to do was slouch there, look cool, play the same solos as on the albums, mumble the lyrics and let 10,000 rock pilgrims...
...this is not to say that the Dire Straits show wasn't cool. "Money For Nothing" (previously considered here as Knopfler's worst composition) turned into a long grungy blues jam on a Steinberger. "Wild West End" was a nice--if obvious--choice to let second guitarist, Jack Sonni, do some mellow jamming. "Private Investigations" came off terrifyingly well, although probably more due to the volume than anything else. And "Romeo And Juliet" and "Why Worry Now" were the tear-jerkers of the show. All in all, they proved that Dire Straits may be the world's tightest rock band...
...reforms have also bred corruption, large-scale fraud and considerable uncertainty among segments of the population. There are signs that, faced with unexpected problems and setbacks, the Peking leadership is contemplating new approaches to redefine some of its policies. Efforts are under way to cool down a plainly overheated economy. In the ideological context, there is a tendency to describe some of the country's bolder economic strategies as "experiments...
...cool, coming-of-autumn evening on the Ohio River. At Rose's every motion, the flashes from the instant cameras made a light show. Enough newsmen joined the "Rose Watch" to prompt the youngest Cincinnati players to ask their manager in hushed voices, "Is this what a World Series is like?" Rose grinned and nodded. A few days before in Chicago, a left-handed Cubs pitcher wrecked his shoulder in a bicycle accident, and for several hours the city of Cincinnati was listed in critical condition. Throughout his 23rd season, Rose has played himself routinely against right-handers. So, starting...
...Peterson and led his own small combos, which often included other Basie alumni; of pneumonia; in New York City. He was often confused with "Philly" Joe Jones, 62, drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet in the 1950s and an innovator in the transition from the swing era to the "cool" jazz of the postwar years, who died of a heart attack four days before his namesake...