Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This team had a lot to prove today,' Coach Doug Tashian said yesterday after his freshman soccer team used a new field alignment and a hat trick by Morgan Belford to trounce the Naval Prep Rams of Newport...
...accolades with which to praise a pop musician, I'll admit. Yet it's Paul Simon's gift to turn moderation into a virtue. As a solo artist he's recorded quietly charming music that's soothing without being dull. His talents have grown over the years, and One-Trick Pony, his first all-new LP since 1975, is evidence of his sure touch...
...befits the score for an upcoming film, One-Trick Pony has a consistent musical mood, sustained by a glossy studio sound which refines Fifties rock and r&b styles into a sophisticated whole. While Richard Tee's shimmering electric piano is overused and Tony Levin's bass lines are muddy at times, the overall sound mix is lovely, highlighting Simon's understated vocal manner to good effect. The basic tune-writing is strong--"Nobody" gently rocks to one of the prettiest melodies I've heard in ages. Simon put a lot of care into the composing, arranging and recording...
...there again at 29:06, when Maggie Hart slipped a pass by a defender and onto Martin's stick just inside the circle. The sophomore dumped the ball past Cameron for the hat trick...
CASSAVETES DOES ACHIEVE an interesting portrait of the mob-as-business; hit men get stuck in traffic, murder becomes a routine between neighbors. It's a way of looking at organized crime that we've seen before, and Cassavetes still pulls it off, which is a neat little trick. Still, most of the finer things Cassavettes tries to achieve have already been done better, in Martin Scorcese's Taxi Driver and Peter Bogdanovich's unacknowledged masterpiece, Saint Jack...