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...suspension of martial law marked the latest step in a drawn-out effort to restore democracy in Pakistan. In December 1984, Zia used the favorable results of a vaguely worded referendum as grounds to declare himself President for a five-year term. Last February he called elections for the suspended Parliament. All candidates were required to run as independents, but according to most observers, the balloting was fair...
...another, the wistful 1970s chanteur Alain Souchon. Delerm's writing contains unexpected metaphors that focus on small observations, like the image of a naked woman that forms and disappears in a cup of sake in the song Evreux. Critics dismiss his style as precious, and ridicule his distinctive enunciation - drawn-out syllables and unexpected, oddly placed, upward inflections - as affected. But there's a certain quirky charm in his words and the way he sings them. Fanny Ardant et Moi, a rare up-tempo number, recounts Delerm's imagined relationship with the French actress 27 years his senior...
Ironically, much of Greenspan's success is attributed to his obsession with data and his uncanny ability to obfuscate. Known around Washington as Greenspeak, his signature style is marked by drawn-out, cryptic statements on the economy that leave listeners alternately impressed and befuddled. "His style of speaking reflects his style of thinking--careful, very nuanced, analytically driven and balanced," says a Fed official...
Although no one in the group sang, two members of the band occasionally interrupted the languid, drawn-out notes of the violin and base with readings of passages of Italo Calvino’s book, Invisible Cities. Perhaps too obscurely poetic to be fully grasped or even enjoyed, the band’s bizarre music, nevertheless, had a calming, almost hypnotic quality, which sadly was periodically obliterated by intentionally jarring outbursts of radio static. There is no need to say that the band continuously kept its audience guessing for what would come next...
...possibilities, but also hampered cohesion. The original spirit of joint sacrifice splintered in frequent acrimony, especially after the two oil-price shocks of the decade weakened West European economies. By the early '80s, the once solid NATO consensus on defense also came under strain as a result of the drawn-out missile-deployment drama...