Word: smiled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...untapped potential of rock. They were introduced to mild applause, and came on stage quietly. McLaughlin, a small man dressed in an Indian cotton shirt, baggy cords and tennis shoes, hefted the strap of his Gibson double-necked guitar over his sloping shoulders. With only a polite smile from McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman arched the bow of his violin high into the air and blasted out the opening run of "The Meeting of the Spirits." The band was as tight as the Dead at their best. That first number, as internally complex as anything the Band has ever done, soared...
...raises. Dealing might have been turned into a casual parody of the counter-culture and its discontents, if its promise had been carried through. The dialogue is just one-step removed from inanity as Peter--played with a certain noncommittal grace by Robert F. Lyons--tells Susan, "I think (smile) we're getting to be pretty heavy dudes," while John's own girlfriend complains in the accent of the Seven Sisters, "I don't want any skag in my house." There's even an occasionally striking image--as when Peter and Susan, tripped-out strangers in Paradise, stand naked amongst...
...hippie population that has been drawn to Ibiza's primitive simplicity. Their relatively sedate life was interrupted by the Hughes case. A long stream of journalists appeared at their door with note pads, microphones and cameras. "Hello, I'm Helga," Edith would say with a bright smile in the days before the Irvings flew to New York late last week and admitted that she had indeed been posing as Helga R. Hughes...
...olive trees and fake grass on Stage 4 in NBC's Burbank studio, is the real superstar of the $150,000 Easter special, waiting for the 40-minute semi-rock "cantata" to conclude. At a signal from the producer, the tape rolls. Oral Roberts beams a broad, benign smile into the camera's red eye and speaks: "In this space age, many people are discontented. They're concerned about Jesus Christ. Is Christ...
...Democratic Congress will give the Republican President a standing ovation when he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address this week. Richard Nixon will wave, smile broadly, radiate friendliness, probably even compliment the lawmakers on their high dedication to the common good. Yet the ceremonial show of civility, demanded by custom, will scarcely conceal the fact that this is an election year, and that relations between the Hill and the White House are at a peak of partisanship unmatched since Harry Truman ran against a "do-nothing" 80th Congress...