Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MUSIC BOUNCES THROUGH Rockers like an old truck on the backroads of Jamaica, an unfaltering reggae rhythm riding over the rocks and potholes of life in Kingston. The jangling beat never stops, fighting for acceptance with as much persistence as the Rastas who sing and play...
...vicious use. Ryan uses his women--"A man needs sex, has to have his pipes cleaned"--and he uses his friends--saved from a service revolver-death by a giant sidekick, Ryan orders him and his fiancee killed the next day for fear they'll "sing." He is a nasty bastard--when his lover laughs at him, he leaves in a rage. "You'll make her crawl, Tommy thought. In time, she'll know you are the boss. Control. Be cool...
...overflowing with show business celebrities who will rival the politicians on the rostrum?a far cry from oldtime conventions where delegates lustily bargained, brawled and demonstrated to choose a nominee. This time there will be Pat Boone to pledge allegiance to the flag, Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker to sing the national anthem. Other contributions will be offered by Jimmy Stewart, Vikki Carr, Dorothy Hamill, Ginger Rogers, Donny and Marie Osmond. And the national anthem once again by Princess Pale Moon. But through all the pageantry, Reagan will set the tone by word, gesture and command. It is his show...
...quaint in dainty bonnets for a margarine commercial, the two ex-sluggers made like they were still on opposing teams in the World Series of 1951 and 1962, when Mickey was a Yankee and Willie a Giant. In between takes of the Blue Bonnet jingle, Mays needled Mantle: "You sing worse than I do." "You gotta be kidding," Mickey replied. "You call that singing what you do?" On-camera, Willie was best when he dug into the steak feast before him: "Man, this is good." Later he confessed, "I added those lines on my own. Hope they like...
Someone points out that both Cheech and Chong like to sing and play a lot of music. "Are we a rock group?" Cheech chortles behind his huge mustache. "No, I like to think of us as spokesmen for an entire generation...