Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...media frenzy surrounding that television situation comedy starts all sorts of questions festering in my head: How would people have reacted if the spirit Major Nelson who stumbled upon in the in the pilot episode of "I Dream of Genie" ended up being gay? Is the open homosexuality of a sitcom protagonist really the kind of cultural benchmark that merits a lead New York Times editorial? Is the decision of the people behind one television series a sign of the New American Openness...
...Suppose it's surprising that there wasn't more of an "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow..." spirit abroad among us. But for me, and I suspect for most of us, there was contrary push to make the most of our limited time academically. (There was the incident of the water-filled milk bottles dropped down the entry way, which evoked one of Mr. Perkins' best memos, urbanely testy, but on the whole for-giving. But that was the anomalous prank.) The pre-war dictum of "There C's and a D and keep pit of the papers...
...also kicked or hit the young man in the mouth. And whoever committed the crime may have done so after being offered a courtesy. Police crime-scene photos shown to TIME (which the magazine declined to publish) reveal Cosby's right hand clutching a pack of Natural American Spirit cigarettes. The photos also show a telltale stippling of gunpowder residue on the left side of Cosby's face, making it apparent that the killer got within 4 ft. of his victim. Close enough, according to forensic experts familiar with the pictures, for Cosby to have been killed...
...mystery in the American musical past that conjoins Delta blues and garage bands, urban riffs and pedal steel, folklore and the Brill Building. You can find its point of fine convergence in the fierceness of Fogerty's singing, the grace of his imagination, the implacable drive of his spirit. He can do what only the greatest American songwriters can: make music that sounds, even when you first hear it, as if you've known it forever. Music that's more than something you grew up with. Music that's a birthright...
...most logical conclusion, sources close to the prosecution tell TIME, is that whoever shot Bill Cosby's only son also kicked or hit the young man in the mouth. The photos, which the magazine declined to publish, also reveal Cosby's right hand clutching a pack of Natural American Spirit cigarettes. Gunpowder residue on the left side of Cosby's face indicates the killer was within 4 feet when he fired. According to forensic experts familiar with the pictures, that would be close enough for Cosby to have been killed while offering a cigarettes. But Bosco says these details...