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...suffering--the pizzaman just shakes his head. "So they'll clean up a little here, for a while. We are used to it. The garbage is part of it." His voice trails off as a co-worker notices him chatting on the job with a stranger. Without even a nod, the pizzaman turns his back and ends the exchange...
...sorts of hold-outs who survive. He opens with "Disco Apocalypse," a "self-mocking parody" and skeptical glance backward at "Before the Deluge," in which the dreamers and fools with the energy of the innocent struggle to deliver Mother Earth from the hands of her defilers. With this "affectionate nod to disco." Browne turns to those caught in the sounds and sights of the avenue: Hearts beating to a disco drummer, they wait for the end of the world while the juke box and the radio play...
...their studies, and nothing short of the threat of war can rouse many to protest. Faculty members teach their courses and research in an atmosphere conducive to serious scholarship, and point to the Core Curriculum as an example of their deep concern for the intellectual lives of undergraduates. Administrators nod approvingly, and as money flows into the well-defended endowment from generous alumni pockets, they jealously guard the academic freedom of their scholars and the freedom from responsibility of their investments. And the football team even manages to beat Yale...
...nod wearily. "Only history can forgive you now, son. But I am not bitter. 'Those who hate you can't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.' Teddy Roosevelt said that. As I said to Mao at the Great Wall-- and it is indeed a great wall...
...hosts nod, murmur "Mmm, yes, oh really," then cut to a commercial--and the band strikes up the theme from Love Story...