Word: details
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...future. Of all Costello albums, it is easily the most inaccessible, as Elvis oftentimes suffers from that dreaded malady diagnosed by Robert Christgau as the "Jackson Browne syndrome"--boringness. You must listen to this record repeatedly and almost painstakingly to appreciate the full flavor of the minutiae and detail Costello has packed. It's worth the effort, but you have to sweat mighty hard to get there...
...Errors, of course, still do occur, often brought to our attention by readers; in each case the cause is traced and discussed to ensure that that mistake-or that kind of mistake-will not be made again. Says Gordon: "Because we are a newsweekly, because we must provide more detail, more analysis and more background, research becomes an important arm to making a story successful." We can give that statement what we call a ringing red check...
...nationally directed and managed. There is no question that some states were not meeting important needs in the past, but some of them were, and were doing it quite well. We ought to encourage them to do more. But it shouldn't be done so that every little detail is specified in Washington...
Noting the pending investigations, Marcinkus has declined to discuss the Ambrosiano affair in detail. After contacts with top Vatican officials and conversations with Marcinkus, TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn reports that the Vatican claims its relationship with Calvi and Banco Ambrosiano involved only normal banking operations. As for Marcinkus, he is still at his Vatican bank post, expressing confidence that the storm will pass. Says he: "The old archbishop is tranquil. His conscience is clear...
...sequel volume, the former deputy chief of the British general staff describes in finer detail the events that follow the fatal decision of the Soviet Union, powerful militarily but shaky in its economy and unsure of Poland and its own Asian provinces, that the moment has come to attack what it assumes to be a soft and irresolute NATO alliance. When their mighty armored thrusts into West Germany fail-just barely-to overwhelm NATO, the Soviets gamble that a nuclear attack will throw the West into panic, and they vaporize Birmingham, England. Twenty-five minutes later the Allies detonate four...