Word: performance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever the ethics of the matter, some antiwar doctors argue that tax lawyers perform a similar service by searching for legitimate if sometimes little-used exemptions. But many doctors are dismayed that the vast majority of medical deferments are going to affluent, educated whites. One reason: whites see doctors far more often and thus can document their diseases...
Doyle also questions the psychological mystique of competitive athletics, the glorified capacity of an athlete to perform feats "on guts alone." He feels that the commercialization and intensity of big-time athletics has further lessened the role of psychological incentives...
...dead-end street, watches people on the street through a pocket telescope. This utterly point-of-view technique separates him from the film's dramatic action and makes him a moral observer, murmuring "do it" or "no, no" as the blacks who inhabit the rest of the street perform the actions...
...doing public relations chores for the Ministry of Agriculture. But every Sunday during the harvest season, he becomes an Oriental Quixote-a tireless crusader against the urban sprawl that is fast destroying Japan's rural beauty. Armed with three cameras, he mounts his Honda and chugs off to perform his duties as president (and sole member) of the Japan Scarecrow Institute. His mission: to save and celebrate scarecrows, "the silent critics of this country's devastating environmental disruptions...
...trust everybody until they show me different." Lloyd got to talking with Sonny about music. In April of 1967 he let Sonny start a prison band and chorus. Sonny called the group the Fallen Sparrows, and Lloyd decided it should be allowed to travel the state and perform...