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Word: darkeness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Everything 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...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Dire Predictions | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

...devotes most of his book to relatively unpublicized griefs, including a dozen abortions, several suicide attempts, and inconclusive liaisons with scores of men, from anonymous pickups to Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Yves Montand. With the help of some 600 new interviews, Summers proposes but does not prove several dark scenarios, including the destruction of records linking Marilyn with her last lover, Robert Kennedy. Ultimately, Goddess portrays a born victim, an essentially simple soul far out of her depth. Her psychiatrist tells it all in one sentence. The day of her death, Marilyn "expressed considerable dissatisfaction that here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...vehicles will be bound for the East and West coasts and U.S. military bases in Europe and Asia. Two vans scheduled for delivery to Camp Casey near the Korean Demilitarized Zone will sport camouflage and the Burger King logo rendered in hard-to-spot dark green and brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes Sep 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

While generally weak, it is an encouraging album. Young's most brilliant, visceral work has always followed such mediocre transitional albums: "Everybody knows This is Nowhere" (1969) and classic "After the Goldrush" (1970) followed the disappointing album, "Neil Young"; the dark, powerful "On the Beach" (1974) and "Tonight's the Night" (1975) followed the drunk and disorderly "Time Fades Away" (1973). Moreover, Young's finest work has always had a country tinge: witness "Harvest" (1972) and "Comes a Time...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Neil Young Goes Twang | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...This party needs more girls," said Rui Defigueiredo, of Wigglesworth Hall and Texas. "This party needs less people, it's too dark and crowded to meet anyone," Stacie Lipp of Mower and California responded...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Is This a Mixer? A Meat Market? And Why Are You Here Anyway? | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

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