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...friends and allies. It refers to "Technologic Israelienne"and swears that Palestine "est determinee a continuer la marche vers la liberte." Whether or not the baby has such determination at the moment, she will probably have it in four or five years. By then she may be an instrument of determination herself, her very name a beacon to other Palestinian children who are raised in this country to inherit their parents' dreams and enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: A Legacy of Dreams and Guns | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...synthesizer beginning "Tomorrow" off the new album whines with the timbre of an hautboy or other traditional reed instrument. With melodies evoking the charm of an unassuming folk tune, most of the album's songs center around a long gliding refrain of three or four notes, which lead singer Bono produces with an almost yodeling quality to his voice. In "Is that all?" Bono seems to be rejecting pat classification. "You think this song makes me angry...Is that all?" But the guitar played by the Edge sounds distinctly like the Clash riff from "Running," and the guitarist's name...

Author: By Michael Hasselmo, | Title: Autumn Rhythms | 1/5/1982 | See Source »

Bass guitar. Ned Steinberger, designer; Steinberger Sound Corp., manufacturer. An award-winning industrial design. This handsome reinforced plastic instrument recognizes that there is as much difference between the classic wood guitar and the electric guitar as there is between the horse-drawn carriage and the combustion engine. Rock musicians seem to dig the Steinberger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Creating Good-Looking Objects That Work | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...best trapeze artists in the world (and who for many years appeared with the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus), force oohs and ahs out of the most jaded spectators; and the Back Street Flyers, six male acrobats from Harlem, show that the most plastic instrument on earth is the human body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Large Delights Under a Little Top | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...economic and social model, Communism would have long since been massively reformed if not discarded in Poland, as well as in many other countries where it prevails today. But the Soviet Union will not, if it can help it, let that happen. Wherever Communism is an emblem and instrument of Soviet power, even potentially, its preservation by force becomes an imperative of Soviet policy. So the struggle continues, both within the Communist world and between East and West, and it may escalate dangerously in the decades ahead. -By Strobe Talbott. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof Moscow and Richard Hornik, with other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism: The Specter and the Struggle | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

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