Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strip for a weekend of car racing. As the jet bore down on the strip, they dived for cover. Recalls Art Zuke, 14, who was pedaling his bicycle on the tarmac: "I saw this thing flying sort of sideways. It was getting lower and lower and closer and closer...
...aftermath of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis suicide--has been thrust forward as the band to save British and now American ears from the corrosive influence of fun music. The phenomenon of Joy Division cannot be overestimated; the music on their seminal, but now largely unlistenable, albums Closer and Unknown Pleasures was probably the most depressing ever put to plastic, but it thrilled a European rock elite looking for depth amidst the backlash of post-punk...
...French Communists have since moved closer to Moscow on the missile issue. During a visit to the Kremlin two weeks ago, Marchais joined Soviet President Yuri Andropov in calling for "the balanced reduction of nuclear forces." They added the proviso that all missiles systems be "taken into consideration," a clear reference to Moscow's demand that France's independent nuclear arsenal be counted in Geneva. The Soviets, it appears, had successfully enlisted Marchais in their propaganda offensive...
...Japanese are eager to reduce their dependence on Middle Eastern energy sources and are looking for alternatives. They would like to buy U.S. crude from Alaska, which is 2,700 miles closer than Iran. Mike Mansfield, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and oil-industry officials have been arguing that the Japanese should be allowed to buy Alaskan oil. That, says Mansfield, would help correct the balance of trade between Japan and the U.S. and also save transportation costs for both countries. But the proposal has been blocked by American laws that prevent the export of Alaskan crude...
...Japan, where Freud is of small importance and his Oedipus complex makes little sense, a Tokyo therapist once proposed a more applicable myth for his nation. Called the Ajase complex by the late psychoanalyst Heisaku Kosawa, it comes much closer to the heart of the child-mother relationship in Japan...