Word: backup
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...could easily fall apart, but the band admirably surges through the difficult changes in beat. Caleb Quaye, Kenny Passarelli and Roger Pope, on guitar, bass and drums, respectively, provide Hall with a solid foundation. They, too, on this album depart from the popsy material they usually play. Formerly the backup band for Elton John on Rock of the Westies, and for Kiki Dee, they now leave the world of teeny-bopper 45s and enter a realm of more creative and significant expression...
These days, an informed father is essential, not least, in Cole's book, because he is the mother's backup in her struggles with the obstetrician. Male doctors are not exactly the heroes of this book. For all is not peaceful birthing rooms and tranquil, exultant deliveries, as older mothers once hoped. According to Cole, women who have placed their faith in the teachings of Fernand Lamaze, Frederick Leboyer, Elizabeth Bing and other advocates of natural childbirth will, almost automatically, find themselves in an adversary position when they enter the hospital. She writes: "The truth is that childbirth...
Bradshaw's oppositive number is Vince Ferragamo, Haden's backup, who frankly admits: "I'm a young, inexperienced quarterback. I've had to rely heavily on my instincts and earlier training because I haven't had much time to work with my receivers." The strength of the Rams is their defense and their goad is a history of failure ever to reach the Super Bowl. On Sunday the team's many veterans will be trying to make up for a decade of frustration...
Sources say the proposal also calls for continual monitoring of the plant's emissions and provides for a guaranteed backup energy source if the plant's output is substantially reduced...
Lashman said in December that if the power plant operates within the constraints set down by Fierra, it would lose between $1.5 and $2 million annually because of fuel inefficiency and backup energy costs...