Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mean to sound defensive," she says at the end of our interview. "But that's the thing--people are always making me defensive about the book when it's supposed to speak for itself without you having to defend it to people. And that makes you feel like you really failed as a writer, because people aren't understanding...
...brother and pregnant sister-in-law were tortured to death at Francois Duvalier's orders in 1965, believes that the council will nonetheless be able to run a respectable contest. "We are going to have this election right in the belly of the beast," he says. Many Haitians, however, feel that Ambroise's optimism is misguided, and some have suggested boycotting the elections. To prevent that, several popular coalitions recommended a reform of the provisional regime, including the possible resignation of General Williams Regala, the least popular member of the three-man government...
...books when she was town librarian. "Just about closing time, there he'd be," she says. When asked whether Wright's bleak lines paint an accurate picture of her birthplace, Tanks dips her head and studies the floor for just a moment. Then: "It's probably nearer to the feel of the town than the residents would like to admit...
...that offered a great time on the way down. Chuck Berry might sing about School Days and Johnny B. Goode, but teens knew that his songs -- from the opening guitar riff through the four-on-the-floor chorus to the florid finale -- were siren calls to cut class and feel good. "You know my temperature risin', the jukebox blowin' a fuse,/ My heart beatin' rhythm and my soul keep a-singin' the blues./ Roll over Beethoven. Tell Tchaikovsky the news...
...Louis last year, tempers simmer as Berry keeps running Keith Richards, the concert's music director, through the opening guitar slur for Carol. And yet at the end of their concert -- which features guest shots by Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray and Julian Lennon -- Richards can feel satisfied that he provided a fine backup band for his loner-hero...