Word: joy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people, an answer to boredom, an elixir for unhappiness, a builder of slumping character and, of course, bank accounts. Surgeon John Sonneland left Spokane mulling over the double dilemma of reluctant kids and make-work jobs. Dr. Sonneland worked as a kid, worked in college, works now with great joy...
...kids? Hefner thinks that he knows. Enter, early in September, the first issue of his now, new monthly Oui. "We have a Playboy philosophy," Hefner told TIME Correspondent Burton Pines, "but I don't expect that there will be a Oui philosophy. Oui will concentrate on the joy of living, while Playboy concentrates a tremendous amount of space on social problems . . . Playboy is still me, but Oui not so much. In a way Playboy was my son, but Oui is a grandchild...
...three uninterrupted hours, the little blue Chevrolet Vega cruised steadily around the Michigan International Speedway southwest of Detroit at a constant 50 m.p.h. That performance fell far short of setting any endurance or speed records. But when the car finally pulled into the pits, the joy at trackside was unconfined. Toasts were drunk and the engineer who had prepared the Vega for its run was doused with beer. The small knot of men had every reason to celebrate. Their little car had just traveled some 150 miles at a respectable highway speed, although under its hood there was nothing more...
...POCO REALLY functions on Richie Furay's limitless energy. Furay is the embodiment of how much fun it is to play rock 'n' roll for people. He must be a joy to play lead guitar for--he's one of the finest rhythm guitarists playing. Laugh not--playing good rhythm is tough, because you're responsible for pushing the lead guitarist to whatever heights he's trying to achieve, as well as keeping the music on an even keel by keeping the time and most of the beat, and most importantly, filling out the sound as though there...
...Peck's Bad Boy, a flimflam man of God who gives good service in return for his dollar. Marjoe believes-and the movie demonstrates-that he did give something to many of the trusting blacks and whites who emptied their pockets for his prayer cloths: rapture here, deep joy there, and many a psychosomatic cure. Marjoe's own joy shows up as he gleefully counts an evening's take, or smugly apes himself, lolling on a water bed and proclaiming "Glory jee to Beezus...