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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Subramanian said he would like to hold the concert in a large indoor facility. Finding a location for the B-52's would not pose the same problem as it did for Squeeze, he said...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Council to Vote on Resolution to Invite The B-52's to Perform in April Concert | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...country, and in the world in general, to focus attention on problems of current popular interest, leaving other equally pressing but less publicized matters unaddressed. Saving our forests is certainly a very popular issue these days. Thousands have responded to increased media attention and the pleas of pop stars like the Grateful Dead and David Byrne by hopping onto the arboreal bandwagon. The fate of the world's forests and woodlands is indeed an important issue, but what about the other less trendy "wet spots" on our hypothetical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dirty Sheets | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

Ulam also refuted theories that Stalin actually trusted Hitler to hold up Germany's end of the treaty. "Any man who would have two brothers-in-law shot and his friends liquidated would not trust a man like Hitler," Ulam said...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Second World War Commemorated; Experts Discuss the Conflict's Origins | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...immediately conveys a tense mood. A single electric chair sits in the middle of a bare room. And the Quincy Cage appropriately seems just like its name--a cage trapping the audience and actors in a downward spiral of depression and anxiety, with an ingenious mix of sights and sounds...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Tooth or Consequences | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...Blackstone undertakes the role of Crow, Hoss' rival, in the second act, during which he dominates the dialogue and stage. Disconcerting and annoyingly weasel-like at first, Crow grows on the audience throughout the second act. By the end, Blackstone completely eclipses Preven, who meets his demise, both literally and in his ability to maintain the audience's attention. It is especially difficult to take one's eyes off Blackstone's Crow during his duel scene with Hoss in the second act, an emotional moment that showcases superb acting and choreography as the two main characters engage in a battle...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Tooth or Consequences | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

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