Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Heads soon began to roll. In May 1975, Mario Einaudi, freewheeling chief of a state-owned mining and textile conglomerate, was forced to resign after he highhandedly tried to gain control of a Genoa shipping, insurance and newspaper group without informing the government. Next to go was Raffaele Girotti, chairman of ENI, who had led the big state petroleum company to a $95 million loss. Camillo Crociani, apparently recognizing that his job was shaky, chose not to wait...
...youth of the "Saturday Night" writing staff--the average age is 24--reflects the show's spirit. A recent skit featured the hands of President Ford, (played by Chase) futilely trying to roll a marijuana cigarette and forgetting whether to pour, lick and roll, or roll, lick and pour. "The humor on the show isn't ahead of its time," Franken said. "Most of the people here have been doing this kind of stuff for years. It's just that on TV you can't be as radical...
Progressive country music is marked by a strong rhythm section, especially a driving bass line more rock-and-roll than country. It generally features a prominent lead electric guitar--a distinct break from the older country tradition where the guitar work often consisted of two guys thumping away on six-string acoustics, both playing rhythm. Progressive country is also characterized by its willingness to use the keyboard instruments scorned by older country music. The movement owes its origins to the music of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, with a more than perfunctory nod in the direction of Bob Wills...
...question remains: was Lindbergh ever truly at home anywhere but in a plane? Aloft, he was Lucky Lindy, the lanky youth who thrilled the county-fair set in his battered Jenny, the daredevil airmail pilot and, of course, that shy all-American who put the world into a barrel roll with his 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic...
...Call me 'Darling,' Darlin, But You Don't Even Call Me By My Name." The genius of these new country singers and songwriters is in their largely successful avoidance of the banality of previous country lyrics, and their musical incorporation of not only rock and roll, but '40s and '50s pop tunes as well...