Word: voiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Into this void has stepped, Hush Puppies and all, Ramsey Clark. Ever since he resigned as U.S. Attorney General in the Johnson Administration, Clark has sought out one liberal cause after another. He has championed Eskimos and Indians, the Berrigan brothers and the Attica rebels, New York Detective Frank Serpico and vanishing wildlife. There is a joke on the liberal cocktail circuit that if Clark were told that the "nauga" was an endangered species, he would demand a ban on the sale of Naugahyde furniture. He seemed to be too much of a causemonger for even cause-prone New Yorkers...
...only existing organization is the International Friendship Group, one of the "discipleships" of the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, which was created to fill the void after the student center closing...
...probably not due to the band's lack of talent. At the least, they handled their instruments adeptly. The arrangements, however, were noticeably inferior to those on Rock and Roll Animal, particularly "White Light/White Heat" and "Rock and Roll." The lead guitarist concentrated mostly on rhythm which left a void in many of the arrangements. Finally, the give and take between Reed and his band during the Academy of Music sessions was more pronounced--the band was given a share of the limelight during the instrumental breaks but quickly crept into the background the moment Reed's vocals would...
Also, resignation might allow Nixon to work out a deal with prosecutors and Ford to void any possibility of criminal prosecution after he left office. It would lessen the chance of additional evidence being made public that would further tarnish his image. It would help retain his emotional base of supporters...
...sounds, vaguely familiar, echo in the void: Patti Page and the Tennessee Waltz; Jo Stafford and Shrimp Boats; Rosemary Clooney and Come On-a My House. Elvis, Bobby Darin, Fabian with a slew of golden oldies. At the drive-ins, American Graffiti and The Lords of Flatbush re-create the oleaginous pompadours and switchblade rhetoric of the Shook-Up Epoch. In affluent circles there are Fabulous '50s parties: the debutantes rigged out in calf-length skirts and open-toed, high-heeled numbers, and their dates in narrow ties and pink shirts and trousers that bag at the ankle...