Word: larking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. EDWARD LOWE, 75, inventor; in Sarasota, Florida. He first created it as a lark for a friend in 1947, but Lowe soon realized its potential--and for a while his own name became almost as famous as the catchy moniker he bestowed on the household staple that earned him millions of dollars: Kitty Litter...
...where we would be less vulnerable to attack than down in the valley. The usual tumult of rattling pots, squealing animals, shouting men and billowing fires began. I threw down my pack, my carbine, my helmet damp with cold sweat, and slumped to the ground. I felt drained. The lark was over. The exhilaration of a cocky 25-year-old American had evaporated in a single burst of gunfire. Somebody got killed today. Somebody was liable to get killed tomorrow, and the day after. This was not war movies on a Saturday afternoon; it was real, and it was ugly...
Archie, as he prefers to be called, just gets more and more evil. Burning villages? A lark. Killing cattle? Child's play. Rape is a little more satisfactory, and torture is really quite charming entertainment. Treachery, of course, adds a subtle spice to purely physical violence. Caton-Jones may overdo the characterization a bit, but Roth's performance steals the show, no doubt about it. Lucky Archie, thankfully unkilted, gets some juicy background to play on. He is a bitter bastard son, his possible fathers narrowed down to three. The material may be good, but it is Roth's control...
...Whitley wheezes, "As the party closes-I ain't got a clue/ Red and yellow roses-nipple rings and tattoos." Whitley, 34, builds his songs on blues ideas and catalyzes them with muted electric guitars. He never makes his rock-blues fusion seem like a mere experiment or a lark; when he plays his fuzzy, rambling riffs, they seem natural and flowing. His trouble is a tendency for his songs to collapse into a sonic murk. But a few, such as New Machine, maintain a sense of musical momentum and connect emotionally...
...humor going," says Moloney. "I grew up in an atmosphere where music was about happiness and song." But the group's approach to their traditional airs is one of unawed connoisseurship. They are not a bar band playing the classics; they are concert virtuosi who can go on a lark...