Word: regulars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...understand what the departure of a Tom Seaver from New York or a Luis Tiant from Boston really means, one must understand the game as Nelson does. Baseball is a regular part of people's lives--not a once-a-week cathartic orgy of violence like football, or a repititious, unemotional sprint like basketball. Baseball strolls into America every spring, a welcome member of the family returned home for an annual visit...
...glossy promotional hype surrounding the Boston Globe Jazz Festival has all but ignored the Festival's "Tribute to Bird, Coltrane and Mingus" concert this evening at Emmanuel Church. The program features pianistbandleader Jaki Byard, who must by this time be accustomed to such oversights. Byard's regular Wednesday night gig at Michael's with his Apollo Stompers band is one of Boston's best-kept secrets, and that's a shame--the Stompers are a young, growing group whose enthusiasm, tempered by Byard's experience and humor, makes their performances stimulating and very entertaining...
...because the U.S. uses so much, it pledged to reduce imports by 11%, or 1 million bbl. a day. The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would meet that goal by relaxing controls on gasoline so that the retail price, which now averages some 70? for regular, will rise about 5? during the year, thereby discouraging consumption...
...goddamn sweeps." He complains that "there shouldn't be such weeks in the TV calendar. They are artificial and destructive, and they contribute to the general feeling of paranoia." Like most other pernicious institutions, the sweeps still perform a function. Using two relatively small samples, Nielsen keeps regular tabs on how well the networks are doing. Some 1,200 families have the famous Nielsen meters attached to their sets to show which channel is being watched; 2,300 other families fill in diaries that tell not only what program is on but also who in the family is watching...
...sure, the Liebs' Bullhead is not Alain Chapel's plaisanterie in Mionnay or Lasserre in Paris. Nonetheless, Alan-Otto, trained in European restaurants, and his Anna Rozmarja, who is known as Ronnie-they are both 40 years old-run a warm and welcoming restaurant that draws regular patrons from great distances. Alan's reach may exceed his grasp, and Ronnie does not always make a perfect gâteau. But they are delighted by the Sheraton pan, hoping it will defuse their new fame. Says Ronnie, "We just don't have the energy or capacity...