Word: minding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shuffle. It was almost hard to believe Elvis was buried there, beneath the pillars and fountains and bouquets. Many almost forgot he was there. One girl from Springfield, Mass. had come intending to pray for Elvis, but at Graceland she was so busy taking pictures that it slipped her mind. And Janey expected to cry when she saw the grave, but she was too numbed by the crowd and the spectacle to even get choked up. It was like seeing Old Faithful or the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument--everyone walked up quickly, took pictures, then left...
With all that in mind, King of Hearts can be observed in proper perspective. As a piece of theater, it is not awfully good. As a musical, it fluctuates wildly between ordinary and very good. And as a money-maker, it will do quite well, both here and in New York, where the theatrical season has been so bad that anything short of the Flying Zambinis will sell...
...short, there is a woman with a mind behind the shopping baskets full of food that she walks around with. Alioto has a ton of money, but she seems to have run her campaign on trying to create an image, rather than an image of the issues, and what can you do with someone like that...
Milton Katz, Stimson Professor of Law, said the nationally televised appearance of the three leaders raised the question in his mind of "whether the leaders contemplated an autonomous Palestinian state not connected with Jordan" because of Carter's inclusion of Jordan in his comments...
...Olsen contends, the most fundamental prerequisite for sustained, flourishing productivity, "the even flow of daily life made easy and noiseless," is a luxury the vast majority cannot afford. For mothers whose lives are "distraction, not meditation... interruption, not continuity' spasmodic, not constant toil," the long peaceful hours when the mind can rove and wander, and the writer can then bring his mind's meanderings to paper, those hours simply do not exist. For the poor, the illiterate, the hungry, or even those who, though not poor, must work five days a week for a living, the fulfillment of a literary...