Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House, however, the old talk of a first-ballot nomination was replaced by cold fear that the nomination might be lost. By contrast, Reagan, who had seemed almost embarrassed in victory and downplayed his successes at first, switched tactics. A day after his triple wins, he held a post-midnight meeting with his campaign advisers in a hotel room at Shreveport, La. Explained one of the group: "Reagan decided it was time to start sounding like a winner. We don't want our modest public expectations to get in the way of what's happening." At planeside in Shreveport...
...succeeds only in being a little naughty. Mahler is overripe, hyperbolic, hysterical, without any of the wit of last year's Tommy or the full-tilt craziness of The Devils (1971). There are stunning flashes of beauty (Mahler, as a boy, seeing a white horse in a midnight forest) and true terror (the composer dreaming himself locked in a coffin en route to his own cremation). Such scenes are signs of genuine talent. The pity is that Russell so easily disconnects from his talent and works instead out of some dim spirit of orgiastic foolishness...
...Duke Ellington Special. A chronological progression through 50 years of music and commentary, mostly pre-World War II. Midnight through Tuesday...
...marquee will shine out from 6 a.m. until midnight every day, Fred Cohen, who works at the newsstand, said yesterday. He added the board will start carrying United Press International releases in about a month...
...many, though. the night was a welcome change of pace from the pressure of late-semester studying. A badminton game and the scattered remains of midnight snacks gave the Radcliffe Yard a campground atmosphere that startled some passers-by on their way to work...