Word: ross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does not have the passion of Aretha Franklin, the slim chic of Diana Ross or the earthy sexuality of Tina Turner. But whether she comes in singing sassy, sly or riding on velvet, Gladys Knight is a marvel of emotional energy. Behind her the three Pips-Brother Merald and Cousins William Guest and Edward Patten-walk, run, shuffle, tap in staccato choreographic counterpoint. With a current NBC-TV summer variety series plus a pair of Grammy awards and a platinum and two gold albums in the past two years, Gladys Knight and the Pips are considered this year...
...Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles had first choice. Such low-priority groups as the Spinners, the Four Tops and the Pips received the leavings. "We wanted to do a gospel album long before Aretha," says Gladys, "and Berry saved the soft songs for Diana Ross." But in 1967 a catchy soul rocker, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, sailed onto the charts for the Pips. Two other singles had scored for them by the time their Motown contract expired in 1973, and they quickly made a deal with Buddah Records...
Like Townsend, Riccardo is a former accountant (both came into Chrysler from the auditing firm of Touche Ross) who has a reputation for being a cold-blooded cost cutter. Riccardo's replacement as president will be Executive Vice President Eugene Cafiero, 49, an affable, up-from-the-ranks production expert and the first member of Chrysler's top management since the early 1950s with a strong automotive background. Both men have won high marks for their performance at Chrysler so far: directors took just six minutes last week to approve their promotions...
Night Moves suffers from the fact that it obviously derives from a body of work-Ross Macdonald's-that is currently held in high critical and popular esteem. But this movie ultimately pleases, in a modest way, because it overcomes its less than original origins. In its final hour, it turns first into a genuinely interesting puzzle, then into an exciting and suspenseful action film...
...Betsy Ross, Philadelphia...