Word: touche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John or the Rolling Stones can dabble in country, why can't Dolly flirt with rock? She does it expertly, as her New Harvest album makes clear. Those pounding drums and buzzing electric basses on her own How Does It Feel do not disguise Dolly's country touch, just give it greater aural depth...
...head. "Every now and then when I'm in a grocery/ I'll take a little but not much," he sings in Peanut Butter Conspiracy. "Cause you never know when the hard times will hit ya/ And I don't want to lose my touch...
Lupo writes with the same harsh, penetrating anger and displays the same compassion and understanding of the working class that New York City's Pete Hamill once demonstrated in essays like "The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class" before he lost touch with his roots and started hobnobbing with Hollywood and Manhattan's Beautiful People. And in the way Hamill knew the people of Brooklyn, Lupo knows the people of the North End and South Boston and Dorchester. He seems incapable of patronizing them. Although we see them as ignorant, fearful of change, bigoted, and often violent, their finer...
...that he does not direct himself, and what is lost in manic humor is gained in coherence and sensitivity. Diane Keaton plays the paramour as usual with a perfect blend of love, whine, and neurosis. And the brilliant recreation of the famous Casablanca airport scene seems a perfect ending touch to this wonderful film...
...unaccustomed third slot, was tourney medalist with a one under par 71. Playing number one, Dave Paxton, the self-styled "Prince of Paducah," fired an 80, as did Dales. Gene Purdy, who appeared at the first tee decked out in plus fours and argyles, lost his putting touch but not his self-dignity...