Word: mained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CHAMBERS of the Cambridge City Council are set in a square room with a circular center of podiums, tables and platforms. The main stage at the front of the room is where the mayor sits, with his assistants, the city clerks, on his right-hand side. Down below, the room is further divided by two rows of smaller podiums, occupied by the remaining members of the council. The casual observer cannot, however, expect to distinguish party affiliations by the physical divisions of the room. The conservative Independents do not sit on one side of the room, as if facing...
...school committee that Danehy as mayor, will also chair--reserved any judgments, but said optimistically, that she hopes the situation will work out well. On the more negative side of things, the liberal members and supporters of the Cambridge School Committee fear some conflicts with Danehy. The main issues confronting the committee these days are the development of an alternative public high school, achieving a racial balance in the city schools, and choosing an affirmative action officer for the schools. And in the always-difficult question of the budget, Wolf withholds her predictions on how Danehy will handle these questions...
...short the main appeal of this record is its blend of musical and lyrical avantgardness. The Head strive for a pop sound that is quirky enough to interest an intellectual audience, and Talking Heads: 77 is truly a modernist product to use the old sales pitch: If you liked Waiting for Godot, you'll love this album. But if you are turned off by the idea of troubled monologues, spoken by a "70s Man" surveying the new vacancy, devoid of the anger that animates a punk like Johnny Rotten, then save your bread. "Q'est-ce que c'est Talking...
...Spacelab system until the new space shuttle is launched in 1980. The Soviets have another advantage in space: the "hunter-killer" satellite that can track an orbiting vehicle, sidle up to it, and detonate like a hand grenade, blasting its victim to bits. The satellite killer's main potential target: Big Bird...
Czechoslovakia and Poland. Their services are best in the East, after the KGB. The Czechs' main target: Britain, where it has 50 spies in London embassy. Poles tend to move and mix better internationally...