Word: jibes
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...about somehow redeeming his brother's death, and put in for a tour in Viet Nam, which was refused. He became a lifer anyway, planning to retire (and buy a horse ranch, he figured) around the turn of the century. But his peripatetic Marine career evidently did not jibe with marriage: the Kimms split...
...vast divergence in economic conditions and resulting political interests among the nation's workers. Painting stagnation in the economy as a consequence of excessive taxation and regulation, while blaming inflation on social welfare programs and the government deficit, Reagan provided a vision of future policies that could indeed jibe with the interests of a large group or organized labor...
...production, by Bob Clearmountain, is a bit too slick; on first listening, the styles just don't seem to jibe. Some songs sound like Graham Parker's guitar-led love letters, some like Lou Reed's wry, insightful epics, others like ethereal reggae. Yet repeated play reveals a unity: the "sounds" are all Garland Jeffreys...
...otherwise demolished town and a German soldier arises from the rubble. Benny tries to soothe him with a German song. The soldier says "Danke" and proceeds to gun him down. Those nasty Krauts! Those poor, great musicians! Sigh! Gasp! Weep! Once again, comic book emotions don't jibe with the attempted realism...
...power, not reason, to enforce its dictates? In a way, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), Jimmy Carter and the rest should be thanked--draft registration will wake up another generation, start them wondering about our world. And who's to blame if the answers they arrive at don't jibe with administration policy...