Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Telephoning Martha Mitchell-style from seclusion in San Clemente, Richard Nixon could perhaps be excused a mental block in failing to remember the name of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. As related by the recipient of the call, Republican Congressman Dan Kuykendall of Tennessee, Nixon thanked him for his longtime support and seemed concerned about his own future. "Do you think the people are going to want to pick the carcass?" asked the former President...
...grave was quickly dug atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific. His body was dressed in a khaki work shirt and dark cotton work trousers and, according to his wishes, his pallbearers also wore simple work clothes. The other mourners, including his wife and his son Land, wore Hawaiian-style attire...
Rock is no longer a dirty word in Austin. Indeed, by embracing rock's big beat, Austin's musicians have evolved a brand-new style of country rock, and have made the city the fastest-growing country-music center in the U.S. Nashville, still the capital of country, may provide more regular work. Bakersfield, Calif., may offer the inspirational presences of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. But from the point of view of new sounds, freedom and plain musical fun, Austin now definitely ranks as No. 1. Within the past two years, following the lead of such veterans...
...trip, chronicled by Lipscomb père in Cutting Loose, was viewed by the boys as a lark. "All I wanted was to have fun," explained young Lipscomb. What he got was a lesson in growing up. The boys withstood the ocean in fine style...
...diners can consume their filet mignon in a 1951 Packard-a building in Buffalo reconstructed from Mark Twain's old home, and an exquisite old Claremont, Calif., high school. There is also a streetcar manufacturing plant in San Francisco that serves only spaghetti dishes; and a reconstructed Colorado-style mining camp called The Chicago Claim Company, where luncheon menus are printed on land-claim certificates, and the decor features outsize mining pans. The place is, literally, a gold mine...