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...Order's "Temptation" takes us into a line of quasi-bunny-hoppers, boogieing like a mammoth, 400-legged caterpillar. Then Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" tells the guys not to go around breaking young girls' hearts...
...another scene, one of the best in the series, black-costumed Nazi "special-action squads" herd dozens of Russian Jews-played, of course, by the all-purpose Yugoslavs-into a mammoth grave, where they are to be shot. As the cameras started to roll, the peasants began to wail. "No one told them to," says Steele, "and you couldn't have dreamt of such a sound. It was just devastating, strange and keening, like the saddest tone in history. The Yugoslavs hate the Germans, and maybe something surfaced from a collective unconscious...
...travelers. Passengers, who have been crammed into planes as if they were suitcases, like the extra leg room, wider seats and the 50% increase in overhead storage space. The carriers, which now include TWA, American and Delta, like the new plane's low operating costs. Narrower than the mammoth 747, the 767 carries 210 passengers and is versatile enough to be used for 1,000-mile flights, as well as transcontinental routes. Thanks to new engines and wings, and the use of lighter composite materials, United says that the 767 is 30% to 54% more fuel efficient than...
...Wirszup hopes that it will not be too little, too late. "This Administration has given its fullest attention to the Soviet arms buildup," he says. "But the Soviets also now have the manpower for a military-industrial complex at a very high level. We need an education effort of mammoth proportions, for our economic survival and for our defense. ' ' - By Ellie McGrath. Reported by J. Madeleine Nash/Chicago and Roger Witherspoon/Atlanta
...both the national and local press, residents accommodatingly repeated stories of good times past and a dismal present of losing jobs, families and homes. The initial round of news coverage, portraying Tent City as a virtual human metaphor for the effects of the recession, prompted a mammoth, warmhearted response from the Houston community. Everything from fresh fruit to live poultry began arriving. Says Howard Sandoz, a railroad inspector who brought over 12 lbs. of steak: "I saw the tent people on TV and thought about all the food I had. I'm just doing my part." Houston-area companies...