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...Gary (State is a minor member, have reached maturity. They could play and sing like blazes back then, but now they have a strong influence on their father, who faithfully rocks along of does his best to conform to whatever newfangled stuff the boys are into. He were sheepish long hair and display's peace symbol--probably a legacy them hit friend Seager rather than his own political fervor--on his gaiter strop. But the adds still when an old number comes up--he's still the Gibraltar of the band. And it's a fine band, particularly now that...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Rock | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

...adaptability: from being a plain Carolina picker he came to see the inevitable musical future, and made it work. The contrast and the harmony between the different elements of the music are standing right there on the stage: Earl in the middle, dark, carefully combed hair looking a bit sheepish for covering his ears, face full of a quiet pride and the air of hanging back a bit on the vocals in favor of his accomplished banjo--and his sons. One of them, who introduced the songs, has a pleasant Dylanesque drawl to his voice, and both of them...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Scruggs Fugs | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...third-generation cattle and sheep man, I suppose I should be sheepish about admitting that I have never killed a coyote [Feb. 11]. We do not hate the coyote; we admire and respect him. However, our family operation has just about reached the end of its financial rope in our ability to sustain the ecological balance with the contribution we have made in ewes and lambs to the coyote. We plan to abandon raising sheep and join those who would have them become an endangered species in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 4, 1974 | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...natural presence to compel an audience's attention, and it is always pleasant to see Palance doing his thing as an oily heavy, though no one will ever accuse him of being an actor who has grown with the years. Dunaway, however, is inadequate, and Mills is stray-sheepish. In the end, one is reduced to admiring the scenery while puzzling over the disparity between the film's slick physical production and smoothed-down dramatic style, and the historical moment it purports to examine: a time that was down and dirty and - well, crude. ∎Richard Schickel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Oil Slick | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

...ushers simply sat down again. The pseudo-guru continued his gesticulations, but the crowd was bored with him and returned its attention to the music. With a sheepish gesture the blasphemer made his exit. Advantage: Guru...

Author: By Charles M Kahn, | Title: Rennie Davis and the Guru | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

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