Word: eardrum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even the middle-roader melodies like "Skin Deep" can't conceal the hard edges of old; a slight snarl lurks under Burnel's voice, even at its most unctuous. The eardrum-bursting sarcasm of songs like "Bring on the Nubiles" still lingers in the earlobe-singeing insinuations of bourgeois S&M in Punch & Judy...
...expletives-deleted confrontation brought to the surface a long-standing feud. Downey, 36, received a 1-Y medical draft deferral during the Viet Nam War because of a pierced eardrum. Dornan, 51, a former Air Force jet pilot, was in flight training at the tail end of the Korean conflict. "I was getting my Air Force wings when Downey was in kindergarten," says Dornan...
...worshiped her husband, a 6-ft. 10-in. former basketball center at Marquette University, and she routinely laid out his suit, socks and underwear in the morning. But barely two years after they were married, she testified, her husband struck her on the side of the head, rupturing an eardrum. Mrs. Fedders recounted that when she was pregnant with her first son, Fedders attacked her with his fists, pummeling her in the abdomen. Said she: "I remember he was yelling he didn't care if he killed me or killed the baby." Another time, she recalled, he grabbed...
Twangy guitars, Beatlesque two-part harmonies and a fortress-strong rhythm section--brother Robert on drums and Chris Donato on bass--reinforce the tunes admirably. These guys are tight: no flashy guitar solos, overbearing synthesizers or eardrum-splitting decibels. Just straight ahead rock 'n roll with every note in its place...
...already begun a study, which they were soon forced to broaden. Word of the Trerice death had produced a tidal wave of tales of naval abuse. Ex-Ranger Crewman Neil Hodgson, 18, of Detroit, claimed that a beating in the ship's CCU left him with a ruptured eardrum. Fellow Veteran Steve Richards, 27, also of Detroit, said he received a 13-stitch leg wound there. The two joined another pair of Ranger sailors in suing the Navy for brutality and violation of their rights. A third suit may be filed by the Rev. Robert Mercer and his wife...