Word: facing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ULTIMATELY it wasn't the plots, but Lucy that was the centerpiece of these shows. Lucille Ball's face has been seen by more people in the world, more often, than the face of anyone else in history, according to TV Guide's analysis. Her incredible range of comic facial expression is light years ahead of Cosby, and her innovative slapstick has influenced several subsequent generations of comedians. At last year's first annual American Comedy Awards, winners Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin both paid homage to Lucy in their acceptance speeches...
Johnny O'Connor, a ballad about a man who can't face the thought of marriage, has been the theme song of the Harvard Krokodiloes since...
...scat chorus renditions of Count Basie's "Corner Pocket" and "Everybody's Bopping" were witty and technically excellent. It's no mean feat to interpolate into a single passage scat syllables and lines from both "I Got Rhythm" and the theme from The Flintstones--all while keeping a straight face...
...life back home. One senior psychologist says , he already sees symptoms of two contradictory reactions among the soldiers. At one extreme, he says, are those who are "psychically numb," insensitive and undiscriminating in the use of violence. They view beatings and bullets as the primary solutions to problems they face, and are willing to apply those remedies widely. At the other end of the spectrum are soldiers who shrink from the brutal acts they are ordered to perform. Confused over where their loyalties lie, they suffer from nightmares, depression and lack of motivation. Says the psychologist: "They feel trapped between...
...give an order, and then I turn my back so I won't see it done." What the army is doing in the territories, says the officer, a fighter in the unaccustomed role of occupier, "is against everything I believe in." That is a dilemma the entire nation must face...