Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Early last week Chinese TV viewers were urged to tune in, please, for "an important news program" to be aired next day. But the promised telecast was postponed twice, and when the big announcement came at midweek, it only deepened the mystery: like the Tienanmen parade, the great state banquet, which is always hosted by Premier Chou En-lai on the eve of National Day, would also be scrapped. Instead, a perfunctory reception took place that was notable for the absence of any Chinese officials higher in rank than doddering old Vice Chairman Tung...
With everyone finally in tune. Zappa opened the set by harranguing the audience with such statements as, "Some people say we're perverted, and they're right. And just to show you how perverted we really are, even though you're rude and obnoxious, we still love you!" The audience howled for more. But it wasn't more of Zappa the pervert they got, it was Zappa the musical genius...
...Chuck Berry. Suddenly, in the wings Mr. Bizarre Rock himself, Frank Zappa. In a flash everything was charged with a spectacular power and a bustle of activity. The Mothers were on stage, Taking cognizance of the audience only by saying. "Will you children please be quiet so we can tune up," a full quarter of an hour passed while the Mothers prepared, in Zappa's words, "their elaborate electronic paraphernalia...
...little disappointed at first but I've changed my tune," said Harvard freshmen soccer coach Dana Getchell. "Frankly, I'm really pleased with what I've seen down there...
...Unfortunately for gridiron players, the soccer team plays at that field. There's no soccer game this morning, so before the freshman class and the Brown band, which gets credit for being there, the Bruins begin a rebuilding year. Brown is always rebuilding, and they usually rebuild to the tune of two victories. This is one of them...