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...Yamit, where 1,000 families lived until recently, a group of settlers gathered around a bonfire one night last week to sing, dance and, in the words of one resident, recapture "the special atmosphere that prevailed here for so many years." One settler, a Soviet immigrant, cried, "Our Prime Minister is a traitor, our Defense Minister is committing treason!" In the main square, once known for its clean, green landscaping, graffiti had appeared on the walls: "No to exile and wandering, yes to fatherland and freedom." Sand dunes, pushed by the wind, were already attacking the town from all sides...
...Rugby's a drink-up sport. We're trying to think up some dirty lyrics to sing while we play." Jacobson said...
...some vintage hokum when she joked with the audience in a Swedish dialect. "It makes this girl a little nervous to come to the big city," said Ann-Margret, who left for the U.S. when she was five years old. "It's always been my dream to sing here-this is my tribe...
...cast. Basic Pirates lore, told from different viewpoints, is an account of the night on Broadway when the pit band came in drunk from a Christmas party and couldn't toot together or on key. Ronstadt, making her first entrance, a point at which she must sing Poor Wandering One in a way that tells everyone who's boss, heard their clamor and got the giggles. She couldn't stop. Rex Smith, on-stage with her, felt himself begin to laugh-a realization, this open-faced, 26-year-old rock singer recalls, that...
...horror, and by the end of it the audience was booing. Linda, giggling and crying backstage, told Director Leach she couldn't continue. He said, very calmly, that she must go out in front of the curtain, before the second act began, apologize to the audience and sing Poor Wandering One again. She did, with Smith beside her, and the night was saved. Leach tells this as a tribute to Ronstadt and Smith. Ronstadt says that Leach is wise and solid, and that Smith, who hadn't caused the problem, had with characteristic generosity shared the blame...