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...bars. For a while I wasn't drinking anywhere if the juke box didn't have "Sail on Sailor." Never got past that song for the rest of the album, though. My connections with the Beach Boys are tenuous; really only a group of friends who, juiced, are wont to slobber through "ba-ba-ba-ba-barbara ann." I've always felt a little sorry for the Beach Boys, because it is their singular misfortune to represent rock at its nadir, the post-payola early sixties. I've also resented the fact that they managed to ride surf music, that...
...bars. For a while I wasn't drinking anywhere if the juke box didn't have "Sail on Sailor." Never got past that song for the rest of the album, though. My connections with the Beach Boys are tenuous; really only a group of friends who, juiced, are wont to slobber through "ba-ba-ba-ba-barbara ann." I've always felt a little sorry for the Beach Boys, because it is their singular misfortune to represent rock at its nadir, the post-payola early sixties. I've also resented the fact that they managed to ride surf music, that...
...seems prepared, as its Japanese president, former Adman Tatsuya Torii, put it, to "bring internationalism to the Tokyo art market once and for all." This will not make the intruder popular. But then, Marlborough has never made a virtue of popularity. It is -as exasperated rival dealers are wont to point out-the General Motors of the art world, with branches in London, New York, Rome, Zurich, Montreal, Toronto...
Demonstrators, most of them youths from right-wing groups, appeared at some of Brandt's stops with signs saying GERMANS GO HOME and WE WONT FORGIVE THE GERMAN MURDERS. The mood of the Israeli people as a whole seemed much less strident. A poll taken just before Brandt's arrival showed 66% in favor of the visit, and in Jerusalem he was greeted by friendly crowds chanting...
...overhead camshaft engine and the concealed windshield wiper. As head of Chevrolet, he set industry sales records in 1971 and 1972. But after ascending last fall to the group vice presidency in charge of all car and truck production, DeLorean became visibly unhappy. As had been his wont, he showed up late for G.M.'s numerous staff meetings and joked to the press about G.M.'s stodgy image. He also grumbled that his headquarters post, despite its importance, had less visibility than his previous jobs. "At least when I was Chevrolet general manager, people knew...