Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Zappa changed directions in his second show, however, which ran an hour longer than the first. This time he seemed annoyed with audience requests, particularly one boisterous command of "let's boogie." It was an insulting remark; asking Frank Zappa to boogie is like asking Igor Stravinsky to write a Broadway musical...
...pressure to record million-selling albums. "Be-Bop Tango" is among the best cuts on the new record because it typifies Zappa music and Zappa humor. If you listen carefully to George Duke's scat singing, you hear strains of Thelonius Monk's "Straight No Chaser" and a Zappa remark about 4/4 time: "It's a pedestrian beat. You don't dance...
Clearly more troublesome was Sirica's declaration that he would pursue truth rather than follow tight rules. What most critics failed to note was that the remark came in favor of the defense, as Sirica upheld the wide-ranging manner in which Mitchell's attorney, William Hundley, was quizzing Dean despite objections raised by the chief prosecutor, James Neal. Sirica has, in fact, frequently ignored objections by both sides in giving all attorneys great latitude in their questioning. Massachusetts Trial Lawyer Richard K. Donahue observes that Sirica has "broadened the ability of the defense to cross-examine beyond...
There was a singularly urgent tone to President Nguyen Van Thieu's National Day radio address last week. He warned that the combination of an unruly opposition in the South and continued North Vietnamese military attacks could "lead the country into the hands of Communism." The remark was a lightly veiled threat by the President that he would no longer tolerate the massive demonstrations of South Viet Nam's aggressive, Catholic-led resistance that began in September and have since brought his government to its most serious political crisis in years...
...some battles: he successfully resisted pressure for quick decontrol of domestic oil prices. But in September he testified to a Senate subcommittee that the U.S. had no short-term policy for reversing the rise in world oil prices; the remark angered Henry Kissinger. Last month Sawhill sealed his doom. Disobeying White House orders to keep quiet, he went on television to explain his proposal for a 10?-to 30?-per-gal. federal tax on gasoline after the Administration had rejected the idea. Morton said last week that Sawhill was being removed for lack of "executive compatibility." Ford asserted that Sawhill...