Word: sourfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Things began to sour for Joe and Rosie in 1984, when they were shipped to Key Largo, Fla. Rosie gave birth but did not nurse her calf, which soon died. Then, in May 1985, Slifka visited Joe and Rosie. Moved by their confinement, he vowed, "I'm going to get you out of this mess." Shortly thereafter, ORCA was formed...
...those songs, tunes like "Greetings to the New Brunette" and "Levi Stubbs' Tears," are what Bragg knows he does best. Like the catchy Smokey Robinson classics, they show off a real eye for the details of true-love-gone-sour...
Named Prime Minister just hours after his mother Indira was assassinated, in October 1984, Gandhi at first impressed his countrymen with his handling of problems at home and abroad. But recently his efforts have turned sour. The peace pact he negotiated with Sikh separatists in Punjab has been shredded by terrorists. Government bureaucrats have defeated his efforts to untangle red tape. His standing as a vote getter has been damaged by defeats for his party in six of the past seven state elections...
There was chokingly sweet carrot butter, which the manufacturer claimed makes men think "they have died and gone to heaven." Also sour-sweet and metallic- tasting salad dressings "designed" by Gloria Vanderbilt and fool-the-eye chocolate Buffalo chicken wings packed with a container of blue-cheese dip. Something called Cowboy Caviar, made in California, was based on an old recipe for a Russian eggplant appetizer; and Le Brut d'Escargot, from France, proved to be ghostly, ghastly white snail's eggs that tasted like salty paregoric...
...hillside house, but the maple-syrup season was no damned good at all, and then outrageous rains flooded nearby roads so that Keene and Concord were just about unreachable. Blackfly season is not more than 15 minutes away. Still, the sun is shining, just barely, and yes -- a sour grin -- even the music business is beginning to show signs of life...