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PERHAPS THAT'S being a bit harsh. Perhaps these fines are a well-intentioned effort to maintain some control over student's personal lives after the in loco parentis advising structure of freshman year drops away. Perhaps, yes perhaps, it is a brilliant psychological ploy that fails only because it does not go far enough...
...sense, this entire album represents what one can achieve through force of will. Husker Du's lyrics may be didactic, but they never become too preachy, too cliche, or too trite. And even though the band may present a harsh, discordant, and even at times bitter vision of life, they never resort to easy cynicism or nihilism. Thorough sheer commitment, and abrasive intensity this group might help to point the stagnant rock of the present in a direction that will become as rich and exciting as the punk movement from which it has broken away...
...byproduct of this subtle attempt to pacify the American public by sheltering it from the harsh realities of life has producing a disturbing, though by no means novel, phenomenon: Americans prefer banal fantasies and mindless mush to unpleasant docudramas or serious theater. Consequently, when film and television producers make the rare attempt to simulate reality, they generally wind up depicting unconvincing, one-dimensional characters, creating predictable, non controversial situations, and producing stories like One Day at a Time or Happy Days...
Most Chinese seem to welcome the government's harsh response. "We must execute one as a warning to a hundred," editorialized one Canton newspaper, the Yancheng Evening News. To make sure there is no misunderstanding about its intentions, the government has been posting photos of executions, like the ones above, throughout the country. The warning seems to be having a chilling effect: criminal cases during September and October dropped by 42% compared with the same period...
Rock's professional manner is detached and clinical. He refuses to let his companies waste money and conveys a harsh sense of urgency. He says little at board meetings, and will sometimes squelch woolly ideas by abruptly asking, "What good will it do?" Says his onetime partner Thomas Davis, a California venture capitalist: "He only wants the right answer." Behind Rock's understated exterior lurks a remorseless will. Notes Palevsky: "Arthur makes it clear you had better win and you had better work your ass off all the time...