Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little wonder that George Gallup and Louis Harris get conflicting signals when they ask questions in the far corners of the land. Many of these people now see government as an adversary; yet they rush into its embrace to claim their share of money that they feel they paid. There are no villains in this landscape...
...Corea went roughly the same route. His recent Mad Hatter album, a lush blend of strings that borders on background music, has already sold 160,000 copies. "I used to hear rock 'n' roll and go 'Yech!' " says Corea. "But now I really dig Stevie Wonder and how he uses rhythm...
...West German team, the defending champions, moved to Argentina to join the host country in an exhausting series of round-robin matches for the World Cup, which is held every four years to decide who rules soccer. The play was only fit fully brilliant, and it produced no wonder team, no commanding individual star of the magnitude of Holland's Johan Cruyff and Germany's Franz Beckenbauer in 1974. But when all but two of the national teams had limped off to apply diathermy and beer to their wounds, anyone not given to xenophobic sulking could agree that...
Critics sometimes complain about how many of Singer's characters behave irrationally and about how many of his plots hinge on the machinations of dybbuks or the fist of fate. Such readers forget the most important ingredient in the ancient art of storytelling that Singer practices: wonder, awe at a world that can contain such deeds and such doers. Aaron echoes his creator when he complains about the cold passion for explanations: "Who says that everything nature or human nature does can be expressed in motives and words? I had been aware for a long time that literature could...
...seats, but you'd have to go early--like the night before--and prepare to camp out. Your best bet, then, is to watch both games of this classic baseball rivalry on television...Monday night at 8:30, Channel 5, with the ubiquitous Howard Cosell to accompany you--ever wonder how many Americans at any given moment are screaming "Shut up, Howard!"? The holiday game will be Tuesday at 2:15 on Channel 38. Dig it. After that, the Sox leave town for a nice, long road trip. Catch them later, kids. And if you're a real baseball freak...