Word: gabriel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been on the cutting edge since Genesis, but the success of So has brought Peter Gabriel the biggest hit of his solo career...
...PETER GABRIEL: SO (Geffen). Convex melodies surround songs that sound like a travel diary of a spiritual netherworld...
Bokassa denied any wrongdoing as the new trial got under way in the capital city of Bangui. "I am not a cannibal," he said. After shouting matches with the ex-Emperor, Prosecutor Gabriel Mbodou asked for more time to prepare arguments. Central African Judge Edouard Frank suspended the trial until...
Most prominent among the Jesuits is Father Gabriel, a sort of premature liberation theologian, portrayed with unpersuasive piety by Jeremy Irons. Most interesting among them is Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro), whose spiritual progress gives the movie such modest narrative force and particularized human interest as it has. Discovered doing a little free-lance slaving, Mendoza soon kills his brother in a quarrel, succumbs to righteous guilt and then struggles to atone. To abase himself while scaling the side of the falls as the good father's newest acolyte, Mendoza insists on toting a heavyweight bag of arms, armor...
Frankly, in the middle of the summer, the world needs true adults more than ever. Along with Elvis Costello, Gabriel is one of the few rock musicians who has the poise and dignity and talent to carry off the tough task of acting like a complex human being. It is a shame that someone with his ability writes beach blanket anthems--even great ones like "Sledgehammer." After all, there are enough David Lee Roths around to handle the kids...