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Until recently, mobile radio was to wireless communications what the Yugo was to transportation. With a motley clientele ranging from truckers using CBs to police armed with walkie-talkies to taxi drivers dispatched by radio, it was viewed as an unglamorous business and a technological backwater...
NAFTA, in spite of being the first trade accord with progressive environmental provisions and effective enforcement mechanisms attracted a motley assortment of opponents, including strident labor groups, Pat Buchanan and the ubiquitous Ross Perot...
Many songs are coupled with overchoreographed dances in which the ensemble can hardly catch up with the steps and the music. It is as if the dances were created by choreographer Teddi White way before the cast's dancing talent was ever assessed. The motley crew of a chorus stumbles through complicated ballet numbers, managing to remain unsynchronized and appear uncomfortable throughout...
International terrorism is on the rise today, and the bipolar balance of terror has degenerated into a motley bunch of renegade regimes, all pounding on the door of the nuclear club. Just as Americans are growing uncomfortable with our new role as de facto globocop, our share of the burden grows larger. Our allies are passing the buck: Boutros-Ghali has reported that France, Italy, Belgium, Jordan, and Tunisia are considering pulling out of Somalia before...
...casting must have been a problem) descend from the elevated entrance balcony on two curved staircases. We are introduced to a small family of transvestite night club performers in St. Tropez: the proprietor and ringmaster Georges (Art Shettle), his diva husband, Albin or "Zsa-Zsa" (Michael Conte) and their motley crew of dancers and friends...