Word: jukebox
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...place will be grasped immediately. But "Johnny's Bar" is no oasis for gentle daydreamers. It is a foxhole of the color war-full of venomous nightmares, thwarted aspirations and trigger-quick tempers, a place where the napalm of hurt has seared each man's skin. The jukebox rumbles with hard rock; a dope-addled white simp serves drinks when he is not rattling drumsticks along the bar in a syncopated frenzy...
...Most Rev. Andrew Grutka of Gary, was willing to give the brothers a free hand in their approach to teaching. Setting up headquarters last September in a donated house, the Marists refurbished it with comfortable sofas and chairs; teenage volunteers renovated the basement, complete with pop posters, a jukebox, and pilfered street signs. Sessions for high school students are held three nights a week, from 7:30 to 9 o'clock; junior high students meet in the afternoons. The curriculum is as unconventional as the surroundings. Instead of following a standard Catechism, the brothers conduct freewheeling discussions on four...
...still can hear the jukebox softly playing...
...from school children and little old ladies usually and aren't the type soldiers are eager for. There are stacks of old magazines, junky concession stands, and a "boutique' selling ao-dais 'for your girl back home.' Though the place was full, there was a depressing silence once the jukebox and pingpong noise was eliminated. People stared blankly, watched old football games on Armed Forces TV or browsed through Life Magazines...
...book moves confidently through the intricate levers and whirling spherical typeheads of IBM electric typewriters; it clarifies the complexities of a jukebox and explains the coin tester that automatically rejects slugs by weighing, measuring and magnetically testing the metallic makeup of every coin that drops into the slot. It not only describes how a home vacuum cleaner functions but also spells out the difference between less expensive and higher-quality machines...