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Word: disco (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aisle. Still, there are many who want to make the Big Day more a spectacle than a ritual. To wit. Bride Annie Bowman who went topless in a Las Vegas showroom called the Jolly Trolley along with a kick line of 25 topless dancers doubling as bridesmaids. A Chicago disco was the setting for a Jewish ceremony with a fog machine filling the room with smoke at the very moment the couple broke the glasses. This week seven couples will tie the knot in front of some 15,000 spectators in the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. The group ceremony takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: More Spectacle Than Ritual | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...fielding with a brilliance that recalls the feats of the great Marty ("Slats") Marion, who played the position for the glorious Cardinal teams of the 1940s. With the hits falling like raindrops, small wonder that the Cards celebrate each victory in the locker room with a blaring disco rendition of We Are Family by Sister Sledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Spirit of St. Louis | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Despite the recent official nod of recognition, many students remain skeptical about the assembly's effectiveness. Students credit the assembly with securing free toilet paper for all students next year and holding disco dances, but many say they are disappointed with the assembly's overall performance...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Full of Sound and Fury | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...assembly also acted as a social organizer, sponsoring a number of dances and parties, including the Boston-Boston disco dance, where administrators and assembly members locked horns over the assembly's right to sponsor such a schoolwide dance. Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, said the assembly should have asked permission before planning the party, and expressed concern over possible injuries and University liability. Assembly members retorted they were not responsible to the University. Out of this controversy grew the assembly resolution to seek provisional recognition from Harvard. Assembly members also plan to rent a train to take Harvard...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Full of Sound and Fury | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...little tune on the radio with a dash of scat, a hipster backbeat and a lyric that truly glides, laid down in a voice of sweet rough-and-tumble. Chuck E.'s in Love, the most unlikely hit of the season, is fixing to elbow all the disco aside and find a snug niche for itself in the Top Ten. The song proves that despite all the flash and flack, disco still has a considerable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Duchess of Coolsville | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

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