Word: flags
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE'S STILL some good music on Wave-"Frederick," an ode to Rimbaud set to a tune suspiciously like Smith's only hit, "Because The Night;" "Dancing Barefoot," in which she sings with more precision than she has yet managed; and "Broken Flag," a sweeping anthem to her curious idea of America. But even these tracks partake of the torpor that fills the rest of the record. During her last tour, Smith padded sheepishly around the stage and did her best to play cute. The music on Wave acts identically, and neither escapes with a shred of credibility...
...freshmen heavies embarked on the Grand Finale. As the boats came into the view of the crowd gathered at the home stretch, Yale held about a half-length lead on Harvard and Northeastern. With just 400 meters to go and the boats in an all-out sprint to the flag, the Harvard eight suddenly stopped dead, Cornell and Wisconsin whisking past like a pair of flashes...
...They have signs around the coldly beautiful campus that say "Jog--It's good for you and your country." And in the top of the sixth inning in the second game of the Harvard-Army doubleheader, the timeless game of baseball was held fast so everyone could salute the flag and listen to "Taps...
...Conservatives, deeply fragmented since the Liberals took power in 1962, realized it was time for a new attitude and a new look. Alberta's 36-year-old Joe Clark emerged from the bitterly contested 1976 convention, carrying the tattered Tory flag. For months, Clark was known as "Joe Who?" But despite early recognition and internal party problems, Clark's image has improved-steadily, and is touted as the man who can banish Trudeau...
...want this new country to be a sham, a fraud, a hollow shell with the mere trappings of independence-a brand-new flag, sleek limousines, black faces in Parliament and the U.N. I do not want Zimbabwe ever to become another banana republic...