Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slogans of the sunny Sunday on Capitol Hill were reminiscent of decades past, but subtle differences reflected the more mellow mood. "Two-four-six-eight, we don't want to radiate," the crowd chanted, and, "Hell no, we won't glow...
With only one semester of piano lessons behind her, Rickie Lee put her musical ideas across by spinning out stories to set the mood she wanted. "If I'd allowed myself to be told what to do," she says, "I'm sure somebody would have loved to tell me. But I wouldn't stand for it." That kind of stubbornness also gave the musicians a good deal of room to move. "She steps back and lets us play," says a back-up musician on her current sold-out club tour. "She knows what she wants...
When the afternoon finals rolled around, a guarded optimism pervaded the Harvard mood. Supporters were flagrantly partial to Harvard success, but the athletes themselves were hesitant...
Still, some Administration officials fear that Congress, in its present impatient mood, could take severe action against Japanese imports. Anger at Japan's nontariff restrictions has been intensifying in both the U.S. and Europe. Congressional leaders have warned that unless Japan moves more quickly to cut its surplus, Congress will impose a 15% tariff surcharge on Japanese goods, and take other retaliatory steps. Says Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas: "I can see no good reason for the U.S. to commit economic harakiri on the altar of a bogus free-trade relationship...
...comic potential. But the performances (including that of Arte Johnson as Renfield, the count's bug-eating assistant) are uniformly jolly, the parody of the basic Dracula formula well observed and its social commentary deliciously off the wall. The production's genially tatty air enhances its anarchical mood and encourages one to go with its goofy yet often shrewd comic flow...