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...looked like a send-up of a Timex-watch commercial. In the parking lot of the U.S. federal building in West Los Angeles, an eight-ton steamroller moved back and forth over a pavement strewn with more than 4,000 wristwatches. Yet, when the torture stopped, not a watch was ticking...
...front of the glassy-floored store, the walls are loaded from top to bottom with tinted makeups, going by such names as Midnight Blush, Ginger Interlude, and seduction Night Sienna. The Timex and Bulova displays are cruelly juxtaposed on another counter, just across, to remind you that you are old, or will be soon, and will be in want of makeup. Back at the makeup counter, you shrink under the sullen gaze of the desperately nubile females trapped in their placards. There are piles of solemn light green pamphlets like the AWAKE pamphlets the Jehovah Witnesses push on passersbys...
...late arrivals, says she now "plans buffet entertaining if Warren is coming to one of my parties." Wealth makes him uncomfortable. He would rather hear Mabel Mercer sing in a quiet club than boogie at Regine's; he owns a Cartier watch, but prefers to wear a Timex. An articulate man who refuses to use either Hollywood lingo or the latest L.A. hip-speak, Beatty likes to take long pauses in the middle of sentences to make sure that he doesn't say more than he intends. In action, he is fast and effective. Lillian Hellman describes Beatty...
...soft, honeyed voices. But Nightshade is unbeatable as 'a rock band with a sophisticated political bent and some fine ideas about music. Admission is $4. Willie Nininger plays tonight at Passim. John Allan Cameron, a Canadian guitarist, fiddler and folksinger who does not now, nor has he ever, advertised Timex watches, does his thing at Passim November 8; you can also hear him in concert with Jean Redpath Saturday at 10 a.m. on WGBH-FM. Wednesday, November 9 through Saturday, November 13, Philo recording artists U. Utah Phillips and Rosalie Sorrels sing and tell stories. The Wednesday show starts...
...real achievement of this album lies in Paxton's ability to resurrect forgotten issues and to treat new topics. He seeks to activate an anesthetized generation, to cure the amnesia that threatens to destroy protest. If Paxton succeeds, his songs will long outlive a Timex watch...