Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...admits, however, that the book was inspired by the English countryside, which he loves, in his own curious way. He denies having been influenced by the ecology movement of the past decade: I've known and loved this countryside since about 1925. And I look back to more pleasant days when there wasn't so much damn fuss about the ecology and there were far fewer cars and people. In those days you could hear yourself think and get about...
...marked the official beginning of what has now become a major collegiate sporting event. Before that time only a few women's crew existed. And most of them, such as Wellesley (which had the first women's crew) did not compete at all. Instead, rowing was viewed merely as pleasant exercise...
Jimmy Breslin shows the bias of a clubhouse politician who understands the fast fix and the low squeeze; still he has nothing but disdain for any high flyer who thinks he can corrupt and deceive a whole nation. Last summer Breslin had the productive and pleasant idea of guzzling and gabbing regularly with a savvy fellow Irishman: Democratic House Leader Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill (TIME cover, Feb. 4, 1974). It is Breslin's theory that those Washington politicians who create around them the "illusion of power" (like "beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished...
...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 to watch, the film is also easy to forget-but very pleasant and unpretentious...
Tenor saxman Zoot Sims is still cranking out the same old ballads that he recorded about ten years ago. His latest album, Strike Up The Band, with Bobby Hackett, features some pleasant renditions of a couple of Gershwin warhorses, including "Embraceable You." Nothing really innovative there, however. But Sims is paired with Al Cohn over at Sandy's Jazz Revival and there is a good chance that he'll snap out of it, and play some of his own stuff. While you are there try to tell the difference between Sims and the great Lester Young. Through Saturday...