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Word: hooke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...album's best track is "Hollywood." Look for this song to be blasting out of jukeboxes and car radios across America very soon. It quite literally has everything--a musical hook that won't quit; a lyric tag you won't be able to forget; strong, simple orchestration; and best of all, a sly and casual vocal with Scaggs fitting his voice to the lyrics as well as he's ever done. The song is fully within the "Silk Degrees" style, but it shows a sure touch, a confidence and sense of command that's nowhere in evidence...

Author: By William S. Barol, | Title: Son of "Silk Degrees" | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...Moore fight had its dramatic possibilities substantially enhanced by a luncheon Moore shared with Peter Maas, a journalist friend of Plimpton's. Maas casually let drop that Plimpton was an "intercollegiate boxing champion" with a "pole-ax left hook" that could give Moore trouble. This utter fabrication caused Plimpton to have a harder time of it in the first round than he otherwise might have had, until Moore was satisfied that his opponent really was no more than the spindly-legged writer that he seemed...

Author: By Adam W. Glass, | Title: Curious George Fights the Champ | 11/22/1977 | See Source »

...Pirandello's plays, the bait of appearance masks the hook of reality, but the mysterious fish of life is never caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Bait and Hook | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...used to have trouble in school," Norm says. "I'd hook classes, run around, smoke herb and all that. I didn't known how to approach people with, you know, a big background. Every time I talked to them I came out with a loud-speaking voice." Now Norm says, "I know how to deal with it because people who know--they talk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reaching Out From Walpole | 11/9/1977 | See Source »

...weapon: an automated dialer and recorded-message player that can make up to 1,000 calls a day. Because the device blankets entire telephone exchanges-automatically dialing all the numbers, both listed and unlisted-no one can escape the unwanted pitches. And taking the phone off the hook activates a "howler" device of slowly rising intensity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: On the Phone War Front | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

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