Word: religion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ripped through his monologue, his audience could do one of two things: laugh in self-conscious embarassment or leave in a huff. The early '60s comedian--probably the most controversial in the trade's history--mined a rich, dark vein of American humor; he dug for the mother lode--religion, race, drugs, sex, morals. He rooted through the secret and sordid alleys of the subconscious, exposing them to an unsettlingly clear light...
...refuse to list any concerts for today because that would be against my religion, and so everybody else has to suffer. (By the way, nosey, I wrote this on Tuesday night, so it's kosher.) Anyhow, Friday and Saturday at least, you just gotta catch the Dead Boys Down at the Rat. No question about it, it's the rock event of the week. Sun Ra'll be at John Hancock Hall on Friday night at 8. Cleo Lane and John Dankworth and Willie T. Wheel will be at the Berklee Performance Center and The Stone Soup Society, in that...
...picture. But there were deep bonds between the two opposites. At 46, Lance was closer in age to the President, who is 52, than most of the young Georgians who made up the White House's inner circle. Like the Baptist President, Lance-a Methodist-took his religion seriously. Both were workaholics who thought nothing of being at their desks at 6:30 a.m.-and at 6:30 p.m. as well. And both knew what it was like to fight their way from small-town Georgia to fame and power...
Lance was fond of saying, "Folks are serious about three things. Their religion. Their family. And, most of all, their money." Quite a few trusted him to handle their money. The NBG's assets doubled to $400 million, making the bank Georgia's fifth largest...
...dramatic roles she preferred, including that of Berenice Sadie Brown, the compassionate and eloquent cook in both stage and screen versions of The Member of the Wedding. In 1951 she published His Eye Is on the Sparrow, a frank, resentful, sordid account of her life and religiosity ("The Catholic religion gives you a beautiful image to cuddle"). Rededicating herself to Christ, she sang regularly for Evangelist Billy Graham's crusades during the '60s. Although Waters made millions during her career, she was a soft touch and died poor. Said she: "Where I come from, people...