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ENVIRONMENT: Where Did All the Fish...
...their lives to satisfy a moment of sexual curiosity. Within minutes the pair are rocketed into abiding love. Then the hyperkinetic narrative is suspended for about 20 minutes to accommodate a folksy dance number and a comic song in which the only joke is that a fisherman smells like fish. The action alternates between aimless divertissement and melodrama for an overblown three hours. At the end, the central character -- a petty crook named Billy Bigelow (Hayden) who kills himself rather than face capture by the police -- returns to earth as a prospective angel to save his adolescent daughter from...
...forced to resign by the South African government. Mangope had declined to take part in April's national elections. As president, he stood to lose too much with the reintegration of Bop (Bophuthatswana's more colloquial name), becoming yet another insignificant ex-leader rather than remaining a big fish in a little pond. The South African government seems to have forgotten that five years ago they reinstated Mangope after a popular coup removed him from power...
There's no way to get your thesis back. You've handed it in, and that's that. Yet there are other fish in the sea. Why not write another one? Is there a degree with honors that you always wanted to but never pursued? Keep in mind, though, that any thesis relationship is doomed from the beginning. For no matter how much you love each other, a thesis will always leave you for the reader. And you'll be left with nothing but early drafts and overdue book fines...
...meaty, complex vocal harmonies coast along above as a cushion for the solid pop vocal of lead singer Mike Ford. The lyrics are a bit on the trite side, as Ford sings, "Me and Pete went swimming last night/ he's my friend from Boy Scouts/All the fish were floating uptight/we got scared and we got out... Who will save the river valley?" Yes, it borders on ecoconsciousness-raising music, but these guys do not take themselves that seriously. There is a naivete in the way the melodies are sung, which can translate into a sing-song-y ambience...