Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bopper." The band dramatically swelled into crescendo. "Chantilly Lace... and a purty face... and a pony tail hanging down..." The crowd screamed. The frenzy of the dance floor exploded again. Spike and Mary Lou were Big League. They knew the moves... all the moves, "...there ain't nothing in the world... like a big-eyed girl... to make me act so funny... make me spend my money..." The crowd parted. Spike and Mary Lou accepted the spotlight. Back and forth. Jitterbug rock. Through the legs... skin the cat. Up and out. Over the hip. Round and round. It was like...
...remember travelling in the South not long after the four little girls in burnt lace were removed from the rubble in Birmingham. One Saturday night, in Charlotte, N.C., I went with my father to visit a dynamic preacher-dentist, Rev. Dr. Reginald Hawkins, who was leading the school integration fight in Charlotte-Machlenburg that would eventually result in the Supreme Court's important Swann decision. I remember sitting that night in the Hawkins' well-furnished living-room, watching Johnny Carson on their color T.V., while my father and Rev. Hawkins talked on into the morning about the black struggle...
...Lake Patzcuaro" (Mexico `1933). Framing the glorious power of Tiepolo together with the social realism of Ben Shahs, Strand pictures a women on her knees spreading out fish to dry while the nets of the little fishing village, which are draped between wooden poles, from superimposed textures of romantic lace. From the upper lefthand corner, the clouds roll in, lighted by some heavenly power, fit for the play of cherubs. Unfortunately, the album cannot achieve a reproduction that equals the impact of the original; the MFA's print sets it apart--the tones image from billowy white to black shadows...
...freshman. So far this season, in three games Murray has attempted 12 punts and sports a sprightly 25.7 average. Of course, Murray has had a few freak kicks that haven't exactly fattened his already emaciated average. In the Colgate contest, Murray sen' a "snake killer" at shoe lace level blazing into the linesmen on the side, knocking two of them down, and sending Cornell's newly acquired orange half-moon downs markers back to Harvard for repair. That gem went for five yards. But, perhaps Murray's most celebrated kick came on a field goal attempt against Penn last...
...involvement with a mute waif and a wise clown. It is me peccably acted by the three stars Anthony Quinn. Giulietta Massina and Richard Basehart. The times are 5.35 and 9.35. Fellini is unfortunately paired with Frank Capra's predicable filming of a cornball play Arsenic and Old Lace screened at 7:30 with weekend matinee...