Word: playground
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are still several subsidiary themes which are far more interesting than anything Hollywood's put out since All the King's Men. There is the recognition of California as a cultureless, bullshit-laden playground for politicos, with a populace easily persuaded by ballsy New York admen who have survived the urban social torments most Californians have tried to escape. There is the depiction of political groupies, limousine liberals, and union stumblebums, which have rarely been so strongly labeled by their proper names. There is, finally, the demonstration of the wizardry by which we can be sucked in emotionally through...
...fetched as the proposed Grand Balloon Event, yet Kristen Wainwright and her fellow Harvard Square coordinators plan to make as full and original use of the environment as possible. To Jib Lampl, the Festival's "environmental" coordinator, the entire Harvard Square and Harvard Yard terrain can serve as a playground for his creativity. Jib is a junior who has taken a semester off "because I was thoroughly disillusioned with the state of arts at the University and with the role the College plays in relation to the community. The University should do much more to provide better environmental conditions...
...also discovered that there are several new French hotels where children can be left on their own. These hotels are "dedicated to reliable loving care for a day, night, week or longer." One is the Botel near Paris, "which looks like a dollhouse château" and has playground equipment, a pony stable, a nurse and young governesses...
...striking players to practice at their home field. In some cities, youngsters were treated to rare closeups of their favorite stars trying to keep in shape on public parks and school diamonds. It was like the bush leagues. In Los Angeles, a group of wide-eyed boys turned their playground over to Frank Robinson, Maury Wills and other Dodgers. The big-leaguers went through a vigorous workout, using an overturned picnic table as a screen. In Atlanta, another bunch of kids joyfully shagged balls for Home Run Hero Hank Aaron and other Braves at Marist School. Boston Red Sox players...
...playground "should be in use this summer," Moulton said...