Word: devoe
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...LIFE-SIZE, life-like mannequin stood in front of the record rack at the Coop, "DEVO" splashed in big letters on its shoulder. As I looked over the latest leavings of the record industry, I glanced to my left to see how many people, like me, had mistaken the advertising display for a fellow shopper before realizing their error. Many did; but the most memorable was the middle-aged matron who bumped into Mr. Devo, courteously said "Excuse me" to him, and went merrily...
Finally, I hate to be one to say "I told you so," but what's the word on the tip of everybody's tongue after "sociobiology"? You guessed it. DEVO. Canada. Think about it. Are we not, then Laura Levine
Some other people coming to the Paradise in the not-too-distant future: Les McCann tonight; Devo on the 25th (I've never heard him/them, but I hear he/they are the wave of the future, according to an ex-rock critic of this paper. In any case, they're going to be on "Saturday Night Live" next week, so if he/they haven't made it big before then, "Devo" will certainly be a household word by Sunday morning, along with "noogies.") The aging yet great Joe Cocker will perform feats of contortion deemed physically impossible for the average (straight) human...
...book, and anyone who scoffs at the soldier's trade will not appreciate its virtues. But after two World Wars and a "police action," there should be quite a few U.S. readers who will applaud the sometimes sentimental, consistently knowledgeable and colorful account of one man's devo tion to duty...
...prettiest scenes are those between Fisby and the uniformly lovable natives, who first offer him gifts and finally devo tion. The funniest scenes are those between Fisby and his hidebound, befuddled blockhead of a colonel (well played by Paul Ford). The most individual scenes are those in which David Wayne, as a native interpreter full of peasant wisdom, comes engagingly before the curtain and comments on the story...