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...then, the Russians will probably wear the same sealskin furs and resemble happy brown bears again. Olympic Games open and close with parades. The first is always glorious, and the last is usually a little sad. At U.S. sports events, the national anthem is commonly played and generally ignored. But every four years people strain to hear it, and not only does the melody seem improved, but the meaning is clearer in the Alpine air. It is fun to sing to the mountaintops. ?By Tom Callahan. Reported by Jamie Murphy/New York and B.J. Phillips with the U.S. figure-skating...
Peter Gabriel: Shock the Monkey (Brian Grant). Scarier than most horror movies; an electroshock anthem of alienation, with bleak music and bleached light...
Examples of our religious foundations abound. The national motto, "In God We Trust," is imprinted on all of our currency. We refer to God in our national anthem and in "America." President Reagan has proclaimed a Jewish Heritage Week as well as declaring 1983 the "Year of the Bible." The words "Anno Domini" (translated: "in the year of our Lord") or "A.D." have pervaded our time references, are chiseled into nearly every federal building, and are found in every Presidential document. And the most telling of all, we publicly continue to celebrate the birth and crucifixion of Jesus Christ...
...Fowler, the business of broadcasters is business. "Let the marketplace decide," is his anthem; "bigness is not necessarily badness," the chorus. He fervently believes that if broadcasters were allowed to battle it out, free of regulation, the result would be "more innovation, more choice, better quality and lower prices." In his Utopia, the audience would regulate programming by switching channels. "Let the public's interest determine the public interest," Fowler is fond of declaring...
Gizzi hasn't been able to sit still in classes this week. "All I can think about is The Game," he says, although he claims he is not nervous. "I'll probably get nervous at the national anthem," he adds. "Though that will go away after I get rapped in the head once...