Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FIRST THING you heard about Elvis Costello was that he was the "angry young man" of the British new wave. Probably the second was that in a drunken stupor he once got in an argument with members of the Steven Stills Band and called Ray Charles "a blind, ignorant nigger" in a misbegotten effort to outrage his adversaries. Most recently, if you've been paying close attention, you hear that E.C. has recently "matured and has metamorphosed into the the Cole Porter of the 80s," has created the "new Seargent Pepper" with his new album, Imperial Bedroom, and is generally...
...problem is where to draw the line between common-sense reliance on experience, and faith, which ought not to be blind. One would think that this might be less of a problem for Jews, who adopted belief over reason on the grounds that there was a God to look out for them. But events have either called the beneficence of that God into question or perhaps have suggested that the God of vengeance ought to be imitated to the letter. Not being gods, however, people don't master vengeance very well. More often it masters and consumes them...
...evidence was there for a civil rights criminal case. They relied heavily on three of Franklin's jailmates, who testified that he had boasted about the shooting. But because it was a civil rights case, the jury had to be convinced not only that Franklin, who is blind in one eye, was the gunman but that he had shot Jordan because he was black. Now both federal and state prosecutors consider the case effectively closed. Apparently they believe that Franklin did it, even if that cannot be proved to a jury. Despite last week's outcome, the former...
...Secret Connection Briefcase also has offensive capability. A business man has four his fingertips a flashlight designed to blind evildoers for up to four hours with an intense beam of light, as well as a wireless telephone with a built-in scrambler. A handy voice-stress analyzer will reveal whether or not the person being called is telling the truth...
...explosions in England and, as a Briton and naturalized U.S. citizen, object strongly to American involvement in these I.R.A. terrorist attacks on the innocent. It is common knowledge that arms and financial aid to the I.R.A. are sent by Americans, and with an ease that smacks of turning a blind...