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...past five to seven years has been directionless and unmotivated. The fact that power is coming back into rock [June 26] delights me. People don't write songs, at least good songs, about oil embargoes, world economic problems, détente or other assorted unromantic difficulties. I yearn, crave, ache for the days of rock as a religion, with its electricity and excitement. A new religion might grant those of us with '60s mores and ideals living in the disenchanting '70s at least a brief reprieve from the raisin-less oatmeal that spews forth from supposedly...
...downed 20 Ibs. of caviar and 30 Ibs. of smoked sturgeon as well as 70 bottles of California champagne. A caviar connoisseur from TIME, Correspondent Gregory Wierzynski, was on hand; on a scale of 1 to 10, he "rated the West Coast product at 8. The price? If you crave caviar, you shouldn't have to ask, but it may cost from one-third to one-half as much as the imported stuff...
Like Pope Paul's unprecedented "I beg you on my knees" personal message the week before, Waldheim's appeal on prime-time television gave the Red Brigades a measure of the political recognition they seemed to crave. But it appeared to have no direct effect. Pleas from Moro's family have also come to naught. Throughout the ordeal, the family's tragic situation has often put it at odds with both the Christian Democrats and the government's investigating authorities. The family wants a negotiated release, while the government and the party feel compelled...
Therefore Giscard's conviction that France wants to be governed "in the center" runs against a stark political reality: the French center consists of two incompatible segments--Socialists who want movement above all, and Giscard's conservatives, who crave stability. Their addition would foster not effective government, but confusion and frustration...
...donkeys after them. "People have said to me the competition for jobs makes the competition for grades look trivial," Turow says. "Performance in class is no longer important; it's who made you an offer and flew you down to Washington that becomes the new status, and some people crave it. People will back-bite, and go interview with law firms and say bad things about people they know...