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Word: followings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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Meanwhile, citizens continue to despair over the Montreal Expos' baseball failure and to follow the American presidential race with a studied cynicism. The voter worries more about pressing economic problems than the wording and nature of a document. But Canadians may be in the midst of the revolution they never had. As Trudaeu realizes better than his counterparts, revolutions leave little middle ground...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Quiet Revolution | 10/17/1980 | See Source »

...radical pug nose, one senses big ambition. Alive on Arrival, his heel-kicking 1978 debut, moved zealous writers to compare Forbert with classic heartland American music-makers the likes of Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers. Then came Jackrabbit Slim, the 1979 follow-up, a helping of string and chorus-sweetened love songs, and the critics scooped their superlatives back again...

Author: By Byron Laursen, | Title: THE FORBERT SAGA | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

...follow up to last week's lopsided victory in the Greater Boston Championships, the Harvard women's tennis team crushed many of the same intrastate opponents in Saturday's MAIAW Division I championships in Amherst, taking home both the singles and doubles crowns on its way to a second straight team title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Netwomen Take State Title, Carry Home Singles, Doubles Crowns | 10/14/1980 | See Source »

Direct questioning will lead to the exhaustive discussions of flip statements that pass by on the campaign trail without follow-up. (Take a simple and straightforward example like Reagan's plan to raise the national speed limit from 55 mph. When questioned, Reagan replies that the national government shouldn't dictate its citizens' style of living. At a debate a Reagan opponent could quote Department of Transportation statistics: a higher speed limit would mean more traffic deaths and more wasted fuel.) Discussions of issues such as the 55 mph speed limit have not been avoided this campaign. But the repercussions...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Face to Face | 10/14/1980 | See Source »

...their opening days, much of the B-52's act has been visual, as they try to mask their disjointed live performances with outrageous outfits, wild stage antics, and a jaded, hedonistic style. Timing and musical clarity fused to make their music danceable--simple riff followed simple riff and their lines of action were both easy to follow and easy to latch onto. Crisp, clear, and minimal, it was all a matter of a weird note at the right time...

Author: By David C. Edelman, | Title: Outer Space | 10/14/1980 | See Source »

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