Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That sounds a little defensive, as well as prideful, for a past master songwriter who is passing 43. It may be that when Simon embarked on the project that was to become his splendid new album, Graceland, he was, in his own words, "not hot in any way." One-Trick Pony, the 1980 feature film he wrote and starred in, bottomed out at the box office. A 1983 tour with his old partner Art Garfunkel was a nostalgic about-face. Hearts and Bones, in 1983, did not even offer up one high-charting song, a novel situation indeed...
...incredible naturalness of both Martin and Boukhanef makes their characters, quite simply, really enjoyable to watch. They swagger down the streets sporting matching leather jackets; they exult when they play a successful trick--like feeding a dog an entire bowl of sugar from a cafe--and they hurt when a friend of theirs is in trouble...
...their British colleagues. BBC documentaries often proclaim a clearly stated point of view. Only if its thesis can be seriously challenged is a rebuttal scheduled. In an American documentary, each side of an issue -- Right-to-Life or abortion -- is balanced out, in effect adding up to zero. The trick then is to choose a subject bold enough to attract listeners but to present it so neutrally that the network does not end up in later hassles. Perhaps this is why on all three networks documentaries are a dutiful and dying form...
...three-year-old effort to intercept drug smugglers on ships and in aircraft. U.S. military maneuvers in the Caribbean are often used to target suspected drug smugglers, tracking them until civilian police or the Coast Guard can make an arrest. In one such sweep, the 1985 "Hat Trick I" operation, some $27 million worth of drugs was confiscated...
...just ain't fair," replied the girl. "They should make a law against allowing people to do that. That's cheating. They just can't trick you that way and arrest you. That's not fair...