Word: tuned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot even carry a tune or complete a prayer. But, Williamson demonstrates, the attributes of his youth are linked like traits in a gene. Denying one, he has denied them all: poverty, humanity, lyricism, grace. The boy whose father could not find work now cannot find joy. His sooty origins have become as nothing to the putrefaction of his workdays. That is the master actor's detailed and tragic interpretation, the only justification needed to see the film...
...owners and would-be mechanics, not to mention drivers suffering from the high cost of auto repairs, may find solace in the automotive Tune-Up-Tape by Coursette System Inc. Equipped with the tape, the company claims, "someone who has never even changed a tire can now successfully tune his car the first time he tries." The package includes an engine diagram, tool and parts list, service sticker and window decal ("Owner-Tuned"), all for $9.95, considerably less than a similar job at the local garage...
...anyway. Summing up Brian Epstein, the discoverer of the Beatles, who died in 1967, Lennon says: "Brian was advised by a gang of crooks." None of the Beatles had any money in the bank according to Lennon, but "people were robbing us and living off us to the tune of £18,000 to £20,000 a week." He also confided that he considers his talents suitable for competition with the likes of Van Gogh, Renoir and Shakespeare. "That's been my hang-up you know?trying to be Shakespeare or whatever it is. Rock just happens...
...Says Vice President Thomas Spicknall: "We will stay here as long as we can make a profit-and we think that's going to be a long time." THAILAND stands to lose a major source of new money. The country profited from the war to the tune of $600 million in foreign exchange over the past five years, and 100,000 jobs at U.S. bases. At present, the U.S. is reducing its 48,000-man force by nearly a third. Among the many losers: Tommy Tours Agency, headed by a former Burmese air force chief and the wife...
...After their last song. Nelson and Marmaduke left the stage quickly; the Dead's bass and rhythm guitarists, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, wandered on stage and began to tune up by their microphones: the band's two drummers, Bob Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, were in place and Ron McKernon (" Pigpen ") nosed around at the back of the stage. The Grateful Dead were finally ready, and they moved into " Casey Jones, " from Working-man's Dead...