Word: moaned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first the idea was 'movement building.' The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy decided to keep his demands vague. He would bring his troops to Washington, camp out, moan, sing and wait. Resurrection City would be the core around which a political movement would then materialize...
...light the fire, Jimi didn't even have to pull his stunt of burning his guitar-though a fireman was poised in the wings, ax at the ready, in case he did. Instead, he hopped, twisted and rolled over sideways without missing a twang or a moan. He slung the guitar low over swiveling hips, or raised it to pick the strings with his teeth; he thrust it between his legs and did a bump and grind, crooning: "Oh, baby, come on now, sock it to me!" Lest anybody miss his message, he looked at a girl...
There's a Tiger loose in the streets. The moan (of the engine) gets drowned out in its turn by a booming exhaust note that someone ought to bottle and seal as pure essence...
Americans who like to moan about the decline of U.S. theater and the rise of England's can point for proof to Broadway: no fewer than five of its current plays originated in London.* And more would seem to be on the way: London playgoers now have no fewer than 45 plays and musicals to view, compared with Broadway...
Nothing is deader than yesteryear's fad, or so at least moan merchants who have been stuck with unsalable stocks of Yo-yos, Davy Crockett hats and Batman costumes. Until six weeks ago, the same could have been said of Hula Hoops, which in a profitable six months in 1958 racked up worldwide sales of 70 million. But Wham-O Manufacturing Corp., which started the first craze, had a hunch that hoops were good for another twirl. The novelty that was needed was noise. So Wham-O put half-a-dozen ¼-in.-diameter ball bearings inside each hollow...