Word: joy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...carve with gusto at her table); points proudly to three eggs freshly laid by her Rhode Island Red hens; strokes her pet sow, which is ready to have piglets and then become part of her larder; hails her goat April, a daily source of milk; and shows all the joy of a Washington dirt farmer in her modest (65 acres) spread. Then she marches through a stand of Douglas fir to the slate-gray pebbled beach that fronts her property, and gazes fondly out at the waters she has known since childhood. Bending, she picks up a beached starfish, studies...
...Henson, had he read this, would have wept. For 28 years he manufactured Red Fox denims. Then one day came a ruling from the Federal Trade Commission: since his denims did not have any red fox fur in them, he could no longer use the name. Think of the joy Carter's sensible proclamation would have brought to the parsimonious New Hampshirite who had to spend $26.23 in postage to mail the bulky forms for a license renewal for his small radio station. Pity the distress the Carter doctrine will cause the Occupational Safety and Health Administration bureaucrat...
...enough to put you down. But those little guys are trying to take your head off; they really let down the boom on you." No matter what their target-gnat or giant-the little men can be big trouble. Is overcompensation, a Napoleon complex? Gray admits to a special joy in beating the big guys. Says he: "I like to look at the expressions on their faces after I beat them running a goal pattern. After I catch the ball, I look over my shoulder and watch them...
...Nothing has turned you on so far? You figure you're choosy, and I figure you're boring, but wait: there's more at the door. Saturday night at 8 p.m. Michael Cooney performs traditional American and British folk music at the Joy of Movement Center, 536 Mass Ave. Cooney, as much folklorist as musician, should put on an entertaining, varied show, playing everything from banjo and 12-string guitar to kazoo and penny-whistle. Admission...
Nameless Coffeehouse--3 Church St. at 7:30 p.m. Allen Ginsberg--Passim at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Michael Cooney--Joy of Movement Center at 8 p.m. Spider John Koerner--Back Room at The Idler at 8 p.m. Bill Fravis and George Tocci--Sword-in-the-Stone Coffeehouse at 9:15 p.m. Prop. Anonymous--Stone Soup Gallery...