Word: garden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Conklin has designed a handsome setting, all in off-white, just starting to show signs of deterioration. Three pairs of floor-length lace curtains catch the wisps of breeze and a variety of colors from the fireworks in the garden. In the center of the room, where it belongs as a major bone of contention, is a large double bed. I am reminded of the blooper committed by a TV announcer promoting the showing of the play's film version: "See Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in a Cot on a Hot Tin Roof...
...August of that year Johnson instituted the first offensive in that war when, in a ceremony on the steps overlooking the White House garden, he signed into law the $950-million anti-poverty bill. In a bright Washington sun that seemed to embody his belief in the possibility of a more just American society, Johnson said that a "new day of opportunity is dawning" for the nation's poor. "The days of the dole in our country are numbered," he promised, and observers seemed to agree. The New York Times reported that the program "would help the poor to lift...
...wonderful world of Ford magic, then asked his victim to pick a card, any card. Fox then shuffled, threw the deck on the floor, spread the pack with his foot and smugly selected-the wrong card. Crestfallen, he asked Ford if he could at least see the famous garden on the balcony behind his desk. Henry drew the curtains. There, in skywriting, was the number and suit of Ford's choice. Fox has been pitching at the company's trade shows ever since...
Eric Clapton at the Boston Garden (where the wondrous Celts play during the winter) is the big deal on the local music scene this week. Clapton is, or was at one time, as you probably know, God. It's hard to say what he is now--he's just coming off a long bout with heroin and is as a result in a getting-myself-back-together stage. But indications all suggest he's still great; his new single, "I Shot the Sheriff," is teriffic and his history is epic. Clapton is a giant figure in rock. The problem...
...they're all this good the better part of your musical needs will be taken care of for the next two months. Tickets cost $5.50 in advance and $6.50, which isn't too expensive at all considering any one of these acts command that much playing alone at the Garden...