Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BEFITS a dialection, Genovese is at his best in dealing with the interactions between contradictory truths or forces. Roll, Jordan, Roll centers around such a theme. It tells of how the struggle between black slaves and white masters, between the masters' claims to absolute power and the slaves' insistence on what was customary, forged a way of living, a practical and tough though constantly shifting set of compromises, what Genovese calls a pattern of reciprocal rights and obligations. You can approach the theme from the slaves' point of view or that of the masters by looking at economic systems that...
...about $200,000). He was too polite to add that for all their cash, none of the owners of the 24 major league teams felt that they could afford to have a black man calling the shots from the dugout. Until last week, that is. Then, with a ceremonial roll of the public relations drums, the Cleveland Indians announced that Robinson had stepped across baseball's ultimate color line and become the team's new manager...
...this formula miss the second time around? It's difficult to say. It was probably not due to the band's lack of talent. At the least, they handled their instruments adeptly. The arrangements, however, were noticeably inferior to those on Rock and Roll Animal, particularly "White Light/White Heat" and "Rock and Roll." The lead guitarist concentrated mostly on rhythm which left a void in many of the arrangements. Finally, the give and take between Reed and his band during the Academy of Music sessions was more pronounced--the band was given a share of the limelight during the instrumental...
...concert. Nor could I say that it was even to some extent a disappointment had I not heard Reed's previous recorded live effort. I can only regret not having been one of the Academy of Music's privileged few who witnessed the birth of a rock and roll animal...
...feels nauseated. He sees his role as a father as teaching his son to compete, to win for no other end than to win. Women serve only one purpose in Bob Slocum's world, so when his wife asks him if he loves her he tells her to roll over so she can find out. He's so pleased when she finally gives up asking if he loves her that he almost wants to say "I love you." Heller's descriptions of these scenes are rarely exciting, yet somehow one feels compelled to read on, in the same...