Word: rose
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those years that Byrne appealed in her seemingly quixotic campaign run by her husband, a former newspaperman, and a Hyde Park liberal organizer named Don Rose, now considered a traitor by the all-but-dead lakefront independent movement. Byrne was Daley's loyal hand-maiden--willing to sing his praises more loudly and obsequiously than even the most seasoned of ward-heelers. It was she who helped direct the late Mayor's infamous infiltration of dissident groups. When Daley was alive, she was a terror; her acid-tongued remarks stung any who didn't toe the party line. When Daley...
There was more to Waller's music than the swoony "Honeysuckle Rose", his most famous song. Many of the numbers furnish a disturbingly candid view of Harlem life. The eerie "Viper" describes a marijuana hallucination in which the singer dreams of "a reefer--ten feet long." And every line in the poignant "Black and Blue" furnishes a brilliant play on the word "black" creating a clear statement of what being black meant in America then--and, unfortunately, means today as well...
Until recently, gold was only one of several beneficiaries of the global flight from the dollar. Investors also chased after the "hard currencies" that were not being debauched by inflation, especially the Swiss franc, the mark and the yen. As the dollar plunged, these currencies rose along with the value of gold. That is now beginning to change as more investors conclude that ultimately no industrial nation can withstand inflation and energy-related shocks. Says Guy Field, a London gold dealer: "Last year the high price of gold reflected the decline of the dollar on exchange markets. But gold...
...they survive for half a century, songs are not only classics, they are also beloved. One could sense that on the opening night of the revival of the 1928 musical Whoopee! Just the first few bars of Makin' Whoopee, I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose, Love Me or Leave Me and Yes, Sir, That's My Baby brought forth the sound of 2,000 hands clapping...
There was more to Waller's music than the swoony "Honeysuckle Rose," his most famous song. Many of the numbers furnish a disturbingly candid view of Harlem life. The eerie "Viper" describes a marijuana dream, in which the singer imagines "a reefer--ten feet long." And every line in the poignant "Black and Blue" furnishes a clear statement of what being black meant in America then, and sadly enough, now--making a brilliant double-entendre out of the word "black...