Word: twist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Myrtle Anderson's daughter Joan lived at home in Saskatoon, Sask., she was a rebel. She danced the wicked twist ignored her math, spent Saturdays sketching Indians and communed only with her celluloid idol James Dean. But Mrs. Anderson's girl turned out different from most of the teen-agers living for the rock-'n'-roll scene. She learned to play the guitar and discovered that she had a fluent talent for words. Today, as Joni Mitchell, she is a creative force of unrivaled stature in the mercurial world of rock. Help Me, a single...
...twist in the line-up by putting untested freshman John Franklin at 150 in place of Mike Dee, who has been shuffled...
...with a twist. Robbins' hero, Baydr Al Fay, is really a Jew-a changeling, by Allah! At 40, he is one of the world's richest men, traveling constantly between banking centers to invest Arab oil revenues. Like other Robbins figments, Baydr is also an international satyr whose feats are topped only by those of his insatiable California-born wife. (Yes, Hollywood is at work on the movie...
...first obvious twist to this simple plot came late Monday night, when the New American Movement called for a picket line to greet Colby the next evening. About 150 people braved a steady drizzle Tuesday outside the Faculty Club, while Colby was reportedly running into some hostile questioning inside. He did not, however, say much that was startling...
...This new twist to an old curl looks very little like its predecessor. Instead of tightening into frizzy ringlets, the hair strands fluff out in graceful waves or very floppy curls-what celebrated Coiffeur Vidal Sassoon calls a "marvelous, curly 'Greek boy' look." As another hairdresser puts it: "The difference between the old permanent and a careful unpermanent is the difference between your first dress and a Balenciaga...