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Nowhere was the outrage louder than in London. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the House of Commons that "this slaughter of innocent people is the product of evil and depraved minds an act of callous and brutal men." Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Prior, who visited the scene, called it "a massacre without mercy ... [one of] the most cold-blooded acts of savagery [ever] carried out in Northern Ireland." Though the I.N.L.A. apparently receives little aid from North America, a conservative M.P. seized the occasion to denounce the "collection of funds for the I.R.A...
...need a new departure. We must give more importance to the U.N. and take it more seriously, both in the positive and negative aspects. The U.N. is vital to American interests." The paradox is that as the U.S. strives to prove that point, the uproar is liable to grow louder along the banks of Manhattan's East River. -By George Russell. Reported by Louis Malasz/United Nations and Gregory H. Wierzynski/Washington
Other highlights include double-time versions of "Let Me Go" and "Just My Imagination," both off of Some Girls (1978) and refreshing in their disorganization. Richards does splendid work on "Time is on My Side," but someone goofed by not mixing his vocals in louder. Keef's incomparable moaning is only barely audible behind Jagger...
...playing, have such bad acoustics that, without a little help, even a foghorn would sound like a wheeze to someone sitting in the back row. There seems in fact to be a conspiracy to drown out the voice. Some composers have turned from strings and woodwinds to ever louder brasses and electronic instruments. Even Ethel Merman, who has the strongest pipes in the business, might find it impossible to make herself heard over the electronic thunder of a musical like Evita...
AFEW WEEKS AGO a theater showed a coming attraction for Rocky III. The screen darkened, the familiar trumpets blared, and then the title appeared, one enormous letter after another. With each successive letter the audience's hissing grew a little louder. By the time Sylvester Stallone appeared, eyeing himself in a mirror, flexing his pectorals, the audience's laughter-almost drowned out his eloquent if terse exclamation: "Nothing is real if you don't believe in yourself?" There's a lot to be said for coming attractions...