Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie is its best quality. The story is set in the 1950s, on which much nostalgic yearning now centers, but Avildsen's camera focuses only casually on the artifacts of that period. There is at the moment a powerful desire among pop culturists (and cultists) to strip-mine the country-and-western field for meaningful nuggets that will help explain us to ourselves. That, too, is something Avildsen neatly avoids. Instead, he gives us the movie equivalent of the kind of song the Dancekings themselves might feature. It has a catchy beat and a clear emotional appeal. Easy...
Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for administration, said yesterday in a written statement: "I accept the ultimate responsibility for the difficulties encountered. Although I had no knowledge that a problem might exist prior to receiving a letter from members of the patrol, nonetheless responsibility for its performance is mine...
...favorite adage of mine is: I'll forgive anything once, but almost nothing twice. If the U.S. pours $522 million in aid and arms into Indochina, it will be its second error of increasing its involvement, and therefore unforgivable...
...took Alcoholics Anonymous, treatment with Antabuse and his happy second marriage a few years later to pull him out. He has been on the wagon for a year with only occasional backsliding. "You don't lick all your problems," says Art, "but I've got most of mine under control...
...best tracks are Thad Jones' bittersweet ballad Yours and Mine and the group's dramatic perambulation through Stevie Wonder's Living for the City...