Word: somberness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disturbingly stark, Roots features Cicely Tyson as Kinte's mother, Maya Angelou as his grandmother, John Amos as Kinte in middle age, and Ben Vereen as his grandson. Kinte as a teenager will be portrayed by LeVar Burton, 19, a U.S.C. sophomore and acting novice. To give the somber story line additional star power, such big names as Lorne Greene, Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, O.J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams and Doug McClure will appear in small roles...
...Somber Thought. Some officials argue that stricter controls will discourage shipowners from sending their fleets to U.S. ports, with the result that the country will be unable to get the oil it needs. But others disagree. Over a period of years, the U.S. has adopted international conventions governing safety at sea and now requires all ships calling at U.S. ports to pick up passengers to meet the same strict standards. At first many shipowners objected. But those eager for a share of a lucrative market quickly complied. Oil shippers would almost surely do the same...
Rotten Fish. Vladimir Prison's 1,300 inmates are allowed into tiny courtyards, about the size of the cells, for one hour of fresh air each day. Bukovsky belonged to the "black" category of political prisoners, so named because of their somber prison garb. Contact with other prisoners was prohibited. "We had lots of ways to communicate, though," said Bukovsky. One way was through a few sympathetic guards who passed on the cheering news of the protest campaign being carried on for Bukovsky in the West. The prison grapevine quickly carried the news of Bukovsky's dramatic month...
...carried him from Plains to Atlanta, only three hours after the announcement of his appointment, he was anything but ebullient. Rather, in an exclusive interview conducted in a back room of Hangar One with TIME'S Atlanta bureau chief, Rudolph S. Rauch III, he was deeply thoughtful, almost somber...
...Concert Band played these provincial folk tunes with singular enthusiasm and sensitivity, although the performance did not quite match that of the Persichetti symphony. The performers showed their versatility in the opening "Normandie," played with gusto, sprightly clashes of brass and a fine ensemble, and in "Bretagne," somber and haunting with a nice, accented contrast of low brass and shrill woodwinds...