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...forthcoming, and deftly employs the syllables to counterpoise the principal rhythm. "The Lemon Song" is a tongue-in-cheek medley of blues cliches, even to the point of "down on this killin floor." Although the band is almost as wry as the Beatles in "Yer Blues" or "Helter Skelter," the result here as there does not prove durable. Led Zeppelin's only ostensible love song. "Thank You," is quite frustrating. Page assumes a twelve-string and Plant emulsifies his voice for such less than breathtaking lyrics as "If mountains should crumble into the sea/ There would still...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: The Rock Freak Led Zeppelin II | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

...Besides adding space, the new building will improve "the helter-skelter arrangement of the present buildings and will provide the visitor with a definite entrance." Goldberg said. "The entrance will have an exhibition area and a new library will be located nearby so an arriving visitor will see a lot of activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Observatory Gets Central Building | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

...target for tract developers and subdividers. Even so, McHarg turned "progress" from sprawl to beauty: his plan concentrated all developments on hills and plateaus, leaving the valleys open forever. Endorsed by landowners and the city, the scheme opens the area to 83,000 new residents by 1990 -without helter-skelter destruction of the rolling countryside. Going on from there, McHarg's firm recently completed another enlightened development plan for the seven counties around the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land: How to Design with Nature | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

Crippling Blow. As if dehydration were not enough, the park ecosystem is now threatened by plans for an airport six miles from its northern border. Conservationists fear the effects of jet noise, exhaust fallout, fuel and oil spills. They also shudder at the prospect of helter-skelter development around the airport resulting in pollution from sewage, insecticides and fertilizer runoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservation: Jets v. Everglades | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...went to work in the garage behind the grocery store, where his father built mobile homes in his spare time. Later, Decio invested his savings of $3,200, talked friends into putting up $7,000, and began to introduce some method into what was then a helter-skelter industry. Borrowing some ideas from auto manufacturers, he offered many different models and sold them through competing dealers. From the garage in Elkhart, Skyline Corp. has spread to a network of 27 plants. This month Skyline will shift its headquarters to Phoenix, where executive talent is more plentiful, but its main manufacturing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing: The Mobile Millionaire | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

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