Word: walden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although official sales figures are not yet in, the Time spoof--on sale at newsstands and bookstores across the country--is at the top of Walden-Books' best-seller list, according to Lampoon President Jonathan F. Fernandez...
Thoreau has been dead for a while now, but David Barto's tour of the philosopher's Concord cabin and pond "Henry David Thoreau Returns to Walden Pond" will take you on journey through the naturalist's life and dreams. Meet at Routes 2 and 6 in Concord. Parking is $3, but admission is free. Telephone...
What is lost when heroes vanish? Henry David Thoreau (a man who would have been at home in 1968) wrote an enigmatic throwaway line in Walden: "I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse and a turtle dove, and am still on their $ trail." The words, vaguely allegorical and haunting, have something in common with Paul Simon's "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" One has only to inspect the field of presidential candidates in 1988 to feel a sense of some hero loss in the drama of American life...
...Although Marcos' designs sounded improbable, the Reagan Administration took them seriously. Early last week State Department Legal Adviser Abraham Sofaer and Gregory Walden, a Deputy Associate Attorney General, traveled to Honolulu, where the deposed leader has been living in exile. They informed Marcos that he cannot leave the island of Oahu, and gave him a personal letter from President Reagan reminding him that he is subject to American laws...
...album. Even after elaborate showcases in New York and Los Angeles, many producers turned down the chance to work with her. Finally the songwriter-producer Kashif offered to produce You Give Good Love. Jermaine Jackson, who had emerged from the shadow of Brother Michael, produced three songs. Walden came in to revise and then produce How Will I Know. And Michael Masser covered the pop side of the tracks, producing four of his own compositions, including Saving All My Love and Greatest Love. Says Davis: "Our main criterion in picking each song was 'Will it be a hit?' " The album...