Word: daft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was the period when Townshend started to push. "I thought we had to do something grand, almost daft ... and possibly pompous." That was Tommy, and The Who finally had what it was after: a general audience success to match its reputation among rock fans...
...performers are as durable or as justly adored as Mary Tyler Moore. During the past 15 years she has become an unpretentious symbol of sophistication in a medium where that quality is usually considered a punishable offense. As Laura Petrie, the slightly daft heroine of the classic Dick Van Dyke Show, Moore demonstrated that sitcom suburban housewives did not have to be domestic ninnies chained to a kitchen sink. With her easy wit and sturdy intelligence, almost single-handed she brought TV out of the Lucille Ball-Donna Reed...
...changing it to something highfalutin like Frederick simply because I've been knighted." But at the ceremony last week at Buckingham Palace, he wore a proper top hat and morning suit and told photographers: "If you think I'm going to do anything daft today, you're wrong." Sir Freddie is especially pleased with his insignia and title because he has long attacked the government for its air policy. "The last thing you expect is to be told you're a good lad," he says. "You expect a kick in the arse...
...final on television, resolved to see the next final in person, and last week, well pleased with his bargain, had spent four years of savings on a month of soccer. It is a safe bet that some fans some where watching Sunday's game were making the same daft but splendid decision. And it is an even safer bet that kids everywhere, especially in the soccer-hungry U.S., already are practicing Bette-ga's graceful, evasive running, Dutch star Arand Haan's booming shot and the reckless headers of Argentina's Leopoldo Luque...
...biggest commercial sugar user, accounting for about 10% of annual U.S. consumption, and is headed by his longtime friend J. Paul Austin. At a Senate hearing, Louisiana Democrat Russell Long told Bergland, "I would call the existing sugar program a Coca-Cola program." Replied White House Aide Lynn Daft: "The Coca-Cola charge is an outrage." Still, in a July 7 memo to Carter, White House Assistant Stuart Eizenstat recommended that the President indicate his "willingness" to raise tariffs, at least to cool off Congress. Carter's reply: "Not yet -but keep me informed...