Word: mod
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Harlech-with her father's blessing. "She has gone to see him in New York," said Harlech, "and if they want to get married it is entirely their own affair. They are old friends, and I know Eric very well." Mod Londoners may feel the honor is all Harlech's. A rock-magazine poll named Clapton, formerly of Cream and Blind Faith, the world's top musician...
...please-give-me-a-dispensation-because-I-can-no-longer-function-in-this-life, and she almost automatically gets a prompt notification of release from her vows." But there is the fashion syndrome. One former nun recalls the shock of recognition when she first replaced her habit with a mod dress "and discovered my legs hanging out down there...
...Mod Counterattack. Now Ampex is paying the price of success. Its example has stimulated some of its music suppliers to become competitors, drop their contracts with Ampex, and begin making tapes themselves. Their activity adds to already vigorous competition from
...Ampex counterattack is led by Donald V. Hall, 33, vice president of the Chicago-based tape division. He is a mod executive who favors Edwardian suits and splashy ties, partly, he says, as an example to older Ampex executives, whom he is trying to persuade to think "pop." He also has come to admire the music that the young favor, and that helps him in negotiating with some recording stars. "These kids on records are saying something," he explains. "If you are an adult, and you shut them off, then you are not hearing what's going...
...Kings Tavern is being remade into "Minuteman Radio" by owner John Waugh, who will have a mod radio and record shop there. It will open about March 1 with a "Hi-Fi Happening...