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Grind means to weep for the hard times of 1933, encompassing everything from segregation and the Depression to the woes of a refugee Irish terrorist. The terrorist sings not one but two songs about how he blew up a train on which, unknown to him, his wife and son were passengers; this is by no means the unlikeliest coincidence in which he is involved. An aging comedian whose sight is failing wanders into a backdrop (he has also somehow lost his sense of direction) and, fearing the loss of his job, shoots himself. Apparently neither he nor anyone else...
...there were great moments in the music. Elvis Costello asking the Wembley audience to join him in "this old northern English folk song" and performing a peerless acoustic guitar version of All You Need Is Love. Bono of the Irish band U2 singing a mesmeric Bad. Sting duetting with Phil Collins on Every Breath You Take. Bob Dylan, singing a set of early songs and suggesting that a small portion of the Live Aid donations be used to help American farmers pay off mortgages. But the video superstructure constructed to beam the event across the world became an open...
...million during rock extravaganzas in London and Philadelphia on July 13 that were broadcast to more than 1 billion television viewers. Live Aid plans to channel its funds into irrigation and other long-term projects. "Our concerts were trying to keep the starving alive," said Bob Geldof, the Irish rock singer who organized the events. "Now let us give them life." --By John Greenwald. Reported by Edward W. Desmond/New York and James Wilde/Addis Ababa
...relieve pressure on Sinn Fein after accusations of I.R.A. involvement in a $50 million bank robbery and the murder of Robert McCartney in a Belfast bar. And the I.R.A. has often boosted Sinn Fein by making peaceful gestures just before elections. But that hasn't stopped the British and Irish governments hoping for a breakthrough in the flagging Northern Ireland peace process. Adams denies being an I.R.A. leader, but he wields undeniable influence in the republican movement. Even if he is vote grabbing, his request should get results. "Adams can't unsay this," a senior British official told TIME, "which...
...give THURSDAY (St. Paddy’s Day) about a 5 on the College scale (1 to So-College, with So-College being a 10), mainly because of wasted potential. While I was indeed wearing green (even green eyeshadow!) the Irishness stopped there. I went to the bar I go to almost every night, which is Irish only in terms of its alcoholism, and a final club that fits the bill in a similar...