Word: rocks
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...think Britain has been a hotbed of talent for rock 'n' roll over the decades? -Michael Diaz, New York City[Rock] came from America and [with] the Beatles, it started going back there. Now, the problem is that a lot of [British] bands are trying to conquer America, but America has [good] bands already. When we came out, we were this big, crazy pop band with these weird haircuts-which really weren't that weird, but that is what they said. We got lucky...
Hence, the house without a Christmas tree - and Addie's crafty yet always thwarted means of getting her dad to let one glow in the living room. But what distinguishes this poignant tale (written by Eleanor Perry from the story by Gail Rock, and directed by Paul Bogart, one of the All In the Family sitcom directors) is that it avoids the patented feel-good denouement of most Christmas dramas and takes us through a richer, more believable change in Robards' character. The inner hurt Addie endures at the hands of a father who can barely tolerate her presence...
...down-to-earth and hardworking, regularly putting in 90-hour weeks. After leaving her job with the Education Department in Washington, she has spent the past year directing field operations for her father's campaign. (One of her two older brothers also works for the campaign, in Little Rock, Ark.) Six weeks ago, she moved to Des Moines to be her father's eyes and ears on the ground in Iowa. "There is a degree of trust between them that is very special," says Eric Woolson, who runs the Huckabee campaign in the state...
...influence he had on the sound of the 1950s and '60s earned him the nickname "the father of rock 'n' roll," but Ike Turner was more infamous as the abusive husband of his raspy-voiced wife Tina Turner. Still, Ike was the mastermind of the duo's seminal, sex-soaked Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Ike first got the attention of record VIPs with his muscular, thrashing guitar on Rocket 88, his 1951 album with Jackie Brenston. Then, after a teenage Tina grabbed the mike at one of his shows, he changed course; for nearly two decades, the pair upturned...
...them concealed by the league," says Jim Cohen, a Fordham University law professor. Using steroids without a prescription is a criminal act, so baseball may not have been out of bounds here. Then again, as many lawyers assessing the report made clear, the report doesn't exactly offer rock solid evidence that such crimes were actually committed...