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...driving guitar riffs. The other two members of the band are also quite proficient: Stephan Remmier sings lead with his rough, clear voice as if he had just woken up with bad breath, and produces some nice synthesizer runs; while Peter Behren keeps up a steady (almost monotonous) drum beat...
...lunacy manifested itself on both sides of the Atlantic. In London, an obese Mrs. Guppy became celebrated for making specters tangible, including one Abdullah, who, the malicious said, was a small man hidden from the audience in her voluminous petticoats. Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, became a drum beater for spiritualism. He too pronounced the Fox sisters genuine; when shown photographs of young girls playing with tiny winged creatures, he concluded that the pictures were incontrovertible evidence that fairies did indeed exist...
Editorial reaction to the Grenada invasion was mixed. "It doesn't show much resolve to take over as soft a target as Grenada," noted the Chicago Tribune, which suggested that the move may have been taken to drum up domestic political support for Reagan as a stalwart antiCommunist. The New York Times commented that the attack was undertaken because it was feasible, not because it was right, and was concerned that under the standards set forth by Reagan, "there would be no end to the wars fought to topple 'thugs.' " But the Indianapolis Star accused critics...
...accepted several proposed compromises that "the other side" rejected. Whatever the case, the angry climate created by the firings does indeed make the task of crafting a bill that could pass Congress and be signed into law by Reagan look impossible. Accordingly, civil rights lobbyists are trying to drum up support for a concurrent resolution of both chambers that would take the commission out of the Executive Branch entirely and establish it in effect as an arm of Congress. It would have eight members, not six: four appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate (currently South Carolina Republican...
According to Harvard Police Captain Jack W. Morse, common pranks include snatching Harvard flags from around the stadium, painting various things, and attacking the Harvard Band's bass drum...