Word: earthier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chicago Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins dismisses sociobiology as "genetic capitalism"?an attempt to defend the current structures of Western society as natural and inevitable. Jerome Schneewind, a philosopher at Manhattan's Hunter College, calls it "mushy metaphor . . . a souped-up version of Hobbes." Harvard Evolutionary Biologist Richard Lewontin is earthier; he thinks sociobiology is "bullshit...
...closer to the corpulent and feline species. Anyway, he banks there, and his concerts are really pleasant--he's charming, sings funny songs, and has a good amateurish style. And his feel for the North Carolina whence the Taylors come (oh, alright, Chapel Hill) is better and earthier than his brother's, more into folklore and less into his navel. Judy Colline, who is appearing with him tonight at Lenox (7:30, tickets at Ticketron from $5.50 to $7:50), does a bang-up version of Dylan's "Daddy You've Been On My Mind," but her voice lamentably sounds...
Dream Sequence. On the other hand, the cumbersome romantic story involves what might be best described as a severe credibility gap. Briefly put, it tells of a countess in medieval Hungary who is torn between love for her betrothed, a dashing crusader named Jean de Brienne, and an earthier affection for a fiery Saracen knight, Abdul-Rakhman. Nureyev, who frequently danced in Raymonda when he was with Leningrad's Kirov Ballet, has staged the work for A.B.T. with such taste and delicacy that it is hard to tell where his choreography begins and Petipa's ends...
...toothy smile is the same, but Singer Carly Simon definitely shows some new angles on her latest album cover. Simon, whose folksy laments and ginghamy good looks were a staple of the early '70s, has switched to a skimpy chemise and earthier songs on her new record playing possum. "It's a body album," she says. "More than previously, when my songs were more intellectual, it seemed right to display my body on the cover. The record says basic things, mostly about sex and things related to sex." Her new look, adds Simon, came about purely by accident...
What Sakowitz does offer the doting donor is lessons in earthier arts that are certain to make the recipient the cocktail-party one-upsman (or woman) of 1975. How many of the gang, for example, will be able to boast of a day's skiing with coaching by Jean-Claude Killy at Val d'Isere, France (for a mere $4,325, not including travel and accommodations)? For the price of an airline ticket to California, plus board and meals, plus $115,000, the gift recipient can take ten private swimming lessons with Mark Spitz. Want...