Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Springsteen's musical inspirations in the dingy ambiance of his adopted home town, Asbury Park, N.J. She visited the boardwalk haunts where Springsteen "hung out" penniless only a few years ago She also encountered old Springsteen sidekicks, whose names have been woven into his lyrics. One 4½hour interview with Southside Johnny began cautiously but ended with a walk down Memory Lane to take a look at Madame Marie's, a fortunetelling parlor that also figures in Springsteen's music. "The whole scene was eerie," Vallely says, "like the stage set for an episode of Twilight...
...turndown, city officials struggled to gain precious minutes against the deadline for default-3 p.m., when the banks would close and bondholders would have to be paid the interest due on their maturing New York bonds. In an unusual concession, some banks agreed to stay open at least an hour later. Meanwhile, Carey pleaded with Shanker. Separately, Beame pleaded with Shanker. Then, at midafternoon, a worn and weary Shanker stepped before TV cameras to say that he would indeed "advise" the teachers' trustees to advance the necessary money. In Washington, Ford reacted cynically by asking his aides: "What...
Most people who spent yesterday's lunch hour waiting to hail the Sox appeared in similar high spirits. Fans bought Red Sox pennants and waved them lazily in the blue-skied sunshine. Window washers, perched high on an old office building nearby, displayed a "Sox Still #1" sign. From the mezzanine came piped-in music, adding a festive air to what might have been a somber occasion...
...good thing, then, that the World Series is finally over, because nobody who has a nose can be a winner in an atmosphere so polluted by Sox fever. It's as if the government demanded that every person living within a 60-mile radius of Boston spend an hour each day in a room with a skunk...
Safety Cage. Bricklin thought he could succeed by selling a car engineered primarily for safety. The Bricklin had retractable bumpers designed to absorb collisions without damage at speeds up to ten miles per hour, roll bars that made the passenger compartment a kind of safety cage, and gull-wing doors that opened by swinging up and out of the way of oncoming traffic. Those features were expensive: the car's price rose from about $8,000 in 1974 to $10,000 this year. Bricklin tried to give the car flash as well as safety appeal; he made only...