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Facing elimination, the Bruins had sent the contest into overtime with but 20 seconds left in regulation. With Cheevers pulled, Brad Park dribbled a centering pass to Rick Middleton, who, much to the disgust of Islander fans already into their traditional series-ending standing ovation, stashed the puck in the twines to Smith's left...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Bruins Pull Out 4-3 Win in Overtime | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

...mother that climaxes in a screaming match of racial slurs--Gonsalves delivers some of her most powerful lines upstage, her back to the audience; still she commands the scene. After her fight with Herman's mother, Gonsalves' face explodes in a mask of tearless rage that emphasizes the disgust she feels toward whites and toward herself...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Otherwise Engaged | 4/8/1980 | See Source »

...first three albums, Elvis didn't let go too much; he was beyond disgust, he claimed, he was only amused, it was safer to sneer than sob. Perhaps sensing his emotional limitations, Elvis recorded "Big Tears" on a single last year, in which he accused his partner of calculated crying, empty tears, while dissolving into sobs himself. It was a pretty good song (though not good enough for inclusion on Armed Forces, undercut by an unexpansive melody and Costello's lack of vocal control). The concept reappears on Get Happy!! in "B Movie," this time with a meaner, more controlled...

Author: By D. BRUCE Edelstein, | Title: Abyss and Costello | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

With the court's permission, the woman and the bailiff proceeded down the main aisle of the courtroom, looking for the man who stole $11.50 from her purse two weeks ago. Most of the Black males in the courtroom either shook their head in disgust or stared at the woman accusingly. She could pick anyone...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: In the Name of the Law | 4/4/1980 | See Source »

...telephones and soft watches, his florid metaphorical chitchat and beady eye for the American jugular, finally managed to annihilate his earlier self-Mad Dog Sal, the insecure and ravenously aggressive young lounge lizard whose tiny, enameled visions helped create one of the extreme moments of dandyist revolt and modernist disgust. But today the only interesting thing about Dali is the obsessive grip of his pose. He has convinced a public that could hardly tell a Vermeer from a Velásquez that he is the spiritual heir to both painters. And he has done so, not through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Soft Watch and the Beady Eye | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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