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Word: showings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE WAS SOMETHING FUNNY about this one from the start. It began innocently enough; somebody arranged an interview, and somebody else found the promo record. If I had to put my finger on it, it was the record that first gave the show away. Some ingenious record company executive had pasted a sticker to the cellophane wrapping, a sticker graced by Stanley Clarke's evaluation of Diana Hubbard's music. There is only one problem. In his glowing tribute, Clarke failed to note that he too played on this album...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: Dentists' Office Jazz | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...could forgive the obvious bullshit involved if the presence of Clarke--and his Return to Forever colleague, Chick Corea--had somehow managed to make this album worth listening to. But they are no more than sidemen on LifeTimes. Diana Hubbard, on her first album, runs the show, playing piano, (Corea isrelegated to the synthesizer on the one cut he graces) and writing all the music. But unfortunately Hubbard lacks emotion, technique; in fact, she lacks any creative vision beyond a vague desire to "contribute to a renaissance in romanticism...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: Dentists' Office Jazz | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Still glowing with the jubilation of this weekend's 22-7 upset win over Yale, Durst said, "This is an honor for me, and it also marks the start of next season. We've got something to prove to people. We're going to shoot for 10-0 and show people that we can play like we did on Saturday...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Durst Named Football Captain; Horner Garners MVP Award | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...course is to show that "you can't hurt computers" and if you're not afraid "you can do exciting things," Michelle J. Arden '81, another mini-course teacher, said yesterday...

Author: By Richard P. Nagel, | Title: Students Prepare Computer Courses For Core Program | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Their amoozin' but confoozin' antics were eventually syndicated in 900 newspapers with an estimated readership of 90 million. Li'l Abner inspired a Broadway musical, two movies and a television show, earned Capp $500,000 a year at its peak and introduced Sadie Hawkins Day, the Schmoo, Kickapoo Joy Juice and Lower Slobbovia into the American lexicon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Mr. Dogpatch | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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