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Word: dears (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have it don't have any opinions, and those who do put it down. They can: they've busted their asses getting where they are and they can say any kind of damned foolishness. Our most revered culture-hero, Bob Dylan, whose lyrics bespeak a profound revulsion at our dear depraved society is a millionaire living in a millionaire's seclusion. This means absolutely nothing except that he was not profoundly revolted at accepting millions of dollars for his work. To hear the average rock musician talk, Dylan should be ashamed of getting so rich. Shame on you, Bobby. Because...

Author: By John Leone, | Title: Fading in Rock Phantasmagoria: A Personal Autopsy of the Boston Sound | 1/22/1969 | See Source »

...entirely appropriate that the Festival started with Chuck Berry playing early on the first day and very nearly stealing the whole show with his fervent affirmation, and confirmation of the values we hold so dear in rock and roll: dynamism out of steely simplicity. Doing songs that are nearly fifteen years old, Chuck Berry, like Elvis, nearly proves that supreme rock 'n' roll is, in fact, as timeless as it so often seems when you're listening and quivering to it. "We are going to do a number that everybody (high-pitched scream) knows. An old (English accent...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Imam, | Title: The Miami Pop Festival: Silver Linings Galore in the Faint Cloud Over Rock | 1/22/1969 | See Source »

...that aired Powell's linen two years ago. "Any additional punishment would be vindictive," cried Celler. "It would be Draconian." He challenged the House: "He who is without sin in this chamber, let him cast the first stone. Judge not lest you be judged-particularly with reference to dear ones on the payroll." That capacious euphemism stirred many of Celler's colleagues to private ire but public charity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Back to the Fold | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

...Buckman gets to lead the audience in a song that would make even Art Linkletter sneer. The lyrics are a sharp play on the worst genre of pop music ("I like to ride on a reindeer/Wouldn't you like to, too?/Wouldn't you like to hold the rein, dear, on my reindeer, dear?/It never rains, it only snows with you."), and Buckman delivers them with such soupy sincerity that you have to restrain yourself from joining in. He also does a striptease and participates in an "action-packed wrestling match on slow-motion video tape," two bits that...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Strictly for Kicks | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

...Landers' comment was "Dear Dean: Amen, brother, amen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean's Advice Makes Ann Landers Column | 1/9/1969 | See Source »

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