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Drummer Jones, Bassist Jimmy Garrison and Saxophonist/Flutist Joe Farrell continue their successful alliance. Leaping or striding in harmonic freedom is their thing, though they pause to explore free-time byways as well. On Sometimes Joie, Garrison coaxes quivering screeches or low-bowed hums from the bass, and on What Is This? Farrell skitters on soprano while Jones brushes out a rapid patter...
While other Europeans may excel in joie de vivre, the Germans find their joy in Arbeitslust - the seemingly insatiable desire to work, no matter what. That partly explains why West Germany's 26 million workers hardly ever strike, and why Germany's economy and currency have gained such envied strength. In Bonn, the Federal Statistics Office has reported that only 36 strikes occurred in West Germany last year. The number of striking workers was 25,167, of whom 23,836 walked off the job for less than a week, many for just a few hours. As a result...
...unit improved, the nurses began to prod the patients into greater activity. Many of them, it turned out, were well enough to do little chores for the nurses, socialize with one another, stroll to other parts of the hospital. In at least one instance, the unit's new joie de vivre exceeded all expectations. Walking into the room of a 39-year-old man, a nurse was amused to find that he had invited his wife to join...
...LOVES OF ISADORA is a biography of Dancer Isadora Duncan that has been severely truncated by the distributors. Still, Vanessa Redgrave as Isadora conveys a radiant grace and joie that the rest of the cast sadly lacks...
...LOVES OF ISADORA is a biography of Dancer Isadora Duncan that has been severely truncated by the distributors. Still, as Isadora, Vanessa Redgrave conveys a radiant grace and joie that the rest of the cast sadly lack...