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Word: er (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slash that profit by $23. The truckers want the government to set a diesel-fuel ceiling of 35.9? per gal. Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar and the Cost of Living Council have agreed to look into charges of price gouging by truck stops. ? Fuel scarcity: When truckers say "Fill 'er up," they are calling for 100 more gallons; typically, tanks hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The New Highway Guerrillas | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

...people and locations under discussion. Its scope is limited, then; it has little to say thematically. Only one of the four themes (Peter Townshend's, in fact) is explicitly moral, and the weakest, lyrically and musically, ending the opera with a piece of simplistic fluff called "Love, Reign O'er Me." In the main though, aside from Quadrophenia's socio-historical-contextual significance (which is nothing to dismiss), whatever statement it makes is one of "stance...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Quadrophenia: Townshend Redux | 12/13/1973 | See Source »

...consistent loss for something to do. He may still suffer from an unfamiliarity with his material. In general his range, though not infinite, enables Townshend to escape with his own transitions of mood. The openings to "I'm One," "Sea and Sand," as well as "Love, Reign O'er Me" demand a vocal vulnerability that Daltry is always up to. Moon? Well, Keith clowned from beginning to end, played ubiquitous drums, sang "Bell Boy," and wore headphones that kept the whole band in time...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Quadrophenia: Townshend Redux | 12/13/1973 | See Source »

...musical worth. It was well done, and faithful, with Daltry finally in good voice and Townshend alternating subtleties and musical invective. "See Me, Feel Me" is the closing number. It is Tommy's strongest song and, as a finale, is head and shoulders above "Love, Reign O'er Me." Done live, as an obvious climax, it's a second emotional peak...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Quadrophenia: Townshend Redux | 12/13/1973 | See Source »

...looking for comfort, variety and style. So I guess we have a lot in common. Like in shoes." It is the M. & J. Shoe Co. that has Linda Love-lacing up their product over the Southern California air waves, apparently reasoning that exploitation fits their purpose like-er-an old shoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 5, 1973 | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

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