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On Friday night, it took almost half of the first set before the group overcame their initial nervousness and engaged the audience in their music. The Falloon's stage presence between songs is not one of their strong points, hindered by a lot of self-conscious joking and the technical...

Author: By James D. Bednark, | Title: Granfalloon | 3/28/1972 | See Source »

On New York City becoming a state: "We'd starve to death, for Christ's sake. You must be joking."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DeLury Sampler: Notes From Underground | 3/25/1972 | See Source »

1. after all, have moved from one small town in my childhood to another in my adulthood. There may be something also in the novelist's trade which shades you towards conservatism (I am a registered Democrat. I should say, on the town committee). Your sense of things exists because...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Updike Redux | 3/22/1972 | See Source »

Flip's mother abandoned the family when Flip was still a youngster, and his father floated from place to place in search of low rents. At one point he moved his brood into a coalbin cellar. "We'd steal buns from the A & P, milk, anything to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You're Hot, You're Hot | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

THE SECOND TRIMESTER is more peaceful. The most important event is the quickening, when the developing infant's movements can first be felt and it begins to seem human. According to Deutscher, couples report playing with the wife's belly and "pushing it to call forth a response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Pregnancy: The Three Phases | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

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