Word: wellknown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like the prostitute with the heart of gold, the soldier who quakes at the sight of senseless human misery (see the Green Berets) is becoming a wellknown cliche, but McGuire slides into this type, probably not as a sham. He is more of a soldier of fortune than soldier, however, for he says he never carried a gun, even for personal protection in Biafra. ("I figured we had enough guns and ammo on the plane already.") He left Biafra at the end of July, after his mother died in the United States and his close call made him suspicious...
...musicians have apparently responded to Club 47's call for help. Wellknown musicians have been appearing lately, drawing capacity crowds. The club cannot afford to pay famous performers what they usually earn, so Linardos is paying them whatever he can afford at the moment...