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...melodic ideas of Anthem achieve lyrical fruition in "Dark Star." While Anthem bespeaks the darkest underbelly of the acid experience, "Dark Star" is a polished gem of intergalactic proportions. The Dead has clearly made a significant transition in their relationship with drugs. Merely in poetic terms, consider the relationship of the Sun in the Anthem album to the portrait of a "Dark Star." Contrast the frenetic percussion work of Hart and Kreutzmann on "Caution" and Anthem to the brilliantly subtle and suggestive use of gongs, bells, cymbals on the later effort. Try "Alligator", a piece of unabashed musical sarcasm complete...
...campaign because he has such a small estate to divide. Taken almost as lightly is the candidacy, announced late last week, of Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris. Harris' most valid claim to the position is that he presided, none too successfully, over the Democratic National Committee in the darkest days after 1968. But he has no real strength on the national stage and is in political hot water in his home state...
...until Sadat reconstituted it in the wake of an unsuccessful coup against him last month by members of his Cabinet -Egypt's President took a hard line on the U.S. effort. One superpower, he told the Assembly, "is an honorable friend that stands on our side in the darkest days. The other declares even today that it will guarantee the balance of power in favor of Israel." In private, Sadat appears less belligerent. Even after negotiating the friendship treaty with Podgorny, he quietly informed Washington that he is still interested in a settlement...
...three of four races. In the Champagne he was disqualified for bumping other horses although he won by four easy lengths. It was one of the most ill-considered decisions ever seen in racing, and the jockey that day, Jean Cruget, has confessed to crying himself to sleep that darkest of nights...
...Laurent's styles, in fact, brought back uncomfortable memories of the darkest fashion days of the '40s. Broad-shouldered jackets, high-heeled wedgies, chunky chubby coats and short skirts added up to a look variously characterized as raucous, trampy or harlotish. As his models clunked past the wide-eyed buyers, there were audible gasps...