Word: sheers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that's sure a blast from the past--are at Sandy's in Beverly starting Wednesday. Nelson's own style has changed little since the days of "Livid' With the Animals," in that the earth mother theme is played up: she wears long dresses, her full voice moans for sheer bulk--the images are supposed to be security, ripeness. Nothing whines and the come-on is not overly sexual; on certain numbers, particularly when her still-mediocre band keeps mum and lets the piano alone back her up, the sound is enveloping and strong. It's refreshing to have...
...foreigner who lives among them for a while, the durable Soviet people are the most compelling part of the country. Their historic hardships, the sheer human cost in suffering and struggle, give a moving dimension, a unique quality to their achievements. Nothing has come easily, everything has cost so much...
That can be heard in the sheer might of sound that comes from the orchestra and chorus, which can mean only one thing: each member is performing as though his life depends on it. It can be found in the fact that the Bolshoi stars regularly perform at the Bolshoi, rarely on the international jet circuit...
...same state of knowledgeability. His evasion of this fate, while lying wounded on the deck of a fishing boat, under attack from a maniacally persistent baddie possessed of a reckless skill for turning an airplane into a murder weapon, compares very favorably with the final moments of Jaws for sheer terror...
...political reasons, governments are naturally not anxious to publicize the matter and usually do their best to conceal it. "We are only handling a miniscule amount compared with the problem," White concedes. Amnesty must still reject even some of those cases that come to its attention, due to sheer volume. "We're successful with those cases we take, but we can't take everybody," she explains. And when a prisoner is freed, it is often impossible to attribute his release directly to Amnesty Litvinov, Bitar, and Karefa-Smart all mention that a combination of forces brought about their liberation...