Word: polkas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...written history gives the family something it never had before. There is an almost miraculous effect once it exists." Finally, Haley urges, "have family reunions. There is something magic about the common sense of a blood bond. It's not less magic for black, white, brown or polka dot. The reunion gives a sense that the family cares about itself and is proud of itself. And there is the assumption that you, the family member, are obligated to reflect this pride and, if possible...
...Counsellor to Richard Nixon and persuaded him to support an income-maintenance program. Later, Moynihan was named Ambassador to India by Nixon and Ambassador to the U.N. by Ford. He was expected to be no great shakes as a campaigner, but he seems to be catching on. With his polka-dot bow tie, his artfully rumpled look, appearing a mite donnish and inevitably puckish, he cuts a rare figure on the campaign trail. But then, no one ever accused him of being conventional. Bubbling over with ideas, he sometimes lets his thoughts race ahead of his prudence...
...Lullabies. Their music is climbing the pop charts in England, which is surprising - not because they are Irish, but because they sing no songs and in stead spin out purified instrumentals of the reel, jig, slide, Kerry polka and other such traditional forms. On their last two visits to London, they packed Al bert Hall. Midway through a three- week American tour in November, they sold out Avery Fisher Hall at New York City's Lincoln Center, where young Irish-Americans danced jubilantly in the aisles. Last week they were back in Manhattan to highlight an all-Irish program...
...Tuesday I pieced out a combination I loved--a brown linen dress and a white silk blouse with brown polka dots. Wednesday I wore a floral blouse with a melon red suit, Thursday a white blouse with a bright yellow linen suit I had purchased in London when I was working for the marihuana commission. On Friday, I wore a burgundy blouse with white polka dots, a white skirt, and a navy blue blazer...
...STRAINS of a professional polka band, Chicopee proclaims itself the Kielbasa Capital of the World, while across town South Boston mothers wear buttons calling Southie "The Irish Riviera." Groups bound by common heritage are attracting more and more attention from the media: Londoners picket the Bolshoi to show their sympathy for Russian Jews, Brando passes up his Oscar for the sake of Native Americans, and the Basques help Franco destroy himself. Filmmakers have taken a renewed interest in the ethnic backgrounds of their protagonists, from Jimmy Cliff to the Corleones, and even prime time TV, exploiting the trend...