Word: loch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. IAN BANNEN, 71, Oscar nominee who played an affable con man in 1998's hit Waking Ned Devine; in a car crash near Loch Ness, Scotland. In a 50-year career, Bannen appeared in Braveheart, Gandhi and the 1980 TV mini-series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; and on the London stage in The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night...
...popping up from behind the piano. The act has started and won't be over until the Kroks have knocked off a few 1950s tunes, a handful of ballads and scads of Jazz standards. The crowd gradually quiets down, probably somewhere in the middle of the old Scottish air "Loch Lomond," and by the dom-dom-dom-dom-dom of "Come Go With Me," they're singing along. After 25 minutes, the boys take a collective bow and blow out of the room, leaving the bankers to their drinks. The songs sound pretty good, the showmanship is high...
...backbone ("block" is the official term) of college a capella. One wonders how even the thrill of the bar (it was nice, to be sure), the gratis filet mignon and the reliable applause could keep them singing this stuff for a dozen hours every week. Although the stirring ballad "Loch Lomond" is referred to simply as "Loch"--so often does the group sing it--several members of the group do know what the song is about, having visited the actual Loch on their summer tour. In the green of the Scottish Highlands, they sang the tune in what...
...reactions of parents and officials in the quiet Scottish town. The gunman, Thomas Hamilton was the 43-year-old administrator of a boys athletic club and was described as a gun enthusiast and a loner. A neighbor told the AP that Hamilton often took young boys on holiday to Loch Lomond.Liggett Group Breaks Ranks, Settles Suit
...LOCH NESS MONSTER...