Word: glens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dull gray streets and squares of the most rigidly doctrinaire Soviet-bloc country in Europe last week looked more like Watkins Glen than East Berlin. Along broad Karl-Marx-Allee strolled long-haired young men and women from every continent, laughing and singing. In the big fountain on Alexanderplatz, young people waded, danced and kissed. Their joy was punctuated by the loud beat of dozens of rock combos and brass bands and the music of choral groups...
...than I am. Maybe Sam Ervin is right when he says we face the worst time of our history. Perhaps there will be nothing about this age to be nostalgic about, so the spirit of an age that has characterized past decades will have to be created artificially. Watkins Glen was a programmed attempt to recreate a Woodstock, but the atmosphere of Woodstock, the greatness of that celebration, was complete spontaneity. No one knew what to expect, and it is impossible to package and sell the unpredictable. Watkins Glen went like clockwork. It even rained on time. Because...
...Come on people, let's be cool. Remember Watkins Glen...
Woodstock, Powder Ridge and Altamont are now part of American legend, symbols of the best and worst of times for the once flowering counterculture. So the Summer Jam held last weekend in Watkins Glen, N.Y., seemed somehow an atavism, more a class reunion than a happening, a nostalgic spectacle of youth in search of its youth. "I can't believe it, but I'm selling more milk than beer." said a local store manager. Some hard drugs and lots of marijuana were available, and the 500 deputy sheriffs on the scene were kept busy. Although more than...
...Glen Ellyn...