Word: spent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arrested several times, spent a month in prison and was finally acquitted in 1964 on charges of illegal association and illegal propagandizing...
...their feet, and Dylan growled his way through "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" in a winning manner. After a few opening songs in which he looked restrained, the energy level never flagged, and, as always, Dylan looked gratifyingly scruffy with his black leather and tangled hair. He spent a little too long proving that he could be uncompromising, but the talent was there, and it's the mark of a truly great performer that he can spend the night ignoring his audience and still have them adore...
...contrast, the opening act spent its 40-minute set proving that it should have stayed in Texas. Jason and the Scorchers played a number of painfully bad songs, all in the same chord, and the group left the audience numb with fear. This garbage band did its best to sound like outlaws of rock 'n' roll, but despite lead singer Jason's 10 gallon hat, The Scorchers more resembled Megadeath than Tom Petty. But their set wasn't a total loss; the guitarist had some mean tattoos...
...former Ed School Dean Francis Koeple '38, who worked with Willie on the desegregation of the Boston public schools in the 1970s, said, "He [Willie] has spent his life on desegregation and made a major contribution...
...text oriented, even at picture magazines -- and some of the more deeply committed photojournalists over what to cover and how. Eugene Smith, one of the masters of the LIFE photo-essay, broke away from the magazine in 1954 to seek, in his view, more profound forms of expression. He spent nearly 20 years in obscure poverty composing lengthy, obsessive projects, finally regaining acclaim with Minimata, his expose of industrial mercury poisoning in Japan...