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...PENDULUM AND THE TOXIC CLOUD by Thomas Whiteside...
...Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud documents, not enough action has yet been taken: "The regulatory process that is supposed to govern the use of the herbicide can be described as almost stalled, having been impeded by disagreement among scientists, by the determination of the chemical manufacturing industry to continue production and sale of the herbicide, by bureaucratic backing and filling . . . and by the Government's own indecisiveness." Nor has there been much concern about the 1976 catastrophe that ruined the Italian town of Seveso, or about discovery of the poison in a chemical soup found in a landfill near...
Hancock delivers a petrifyingly smooth and solid disc with the pace of a pendulum and an impressive array of moods. "Trust Me," a soft and easily flowing track incorporated his genius on the keyboards and his synthesized voice. To illuminate the backup vocals, a factor many other artists ignore. Hancock relies upon the Four Waters. The Four Waters isn't the name of a quartet, but rather a way to describe the vocal ebb and flow of brothers Oren and Luther Waters and their wives Julia and Maxine. The stunning vitality of their voices sounds electrifying behind that of Hancock...
...Neill heard some sweet and unusual music. One new member approached him and said, "I'm a party man, Mr. Speaker." Another confided, "I'm interested in seeing the President get re-elected." O'Neill marveled at how "the pendulum has swung back from independence to party responsibility." Wright also detected a shift in the reformers of 1974 and 1976. "A lot of them have matured," he said. "Many now are prone to listen to the leadership, instead of taking pride in being mavericks." Democratic House Whip John Brademas found a related change. "What we are seeing...
John Kennedy '40 has been subject to such swings of the pendulum since his death in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Until now, his history has been written by those for whom his sudden passing was a milestone in their lives. What were you doing the day Kennedy was shot? For contemporaries, his assassination was a traumatic, indeed a cathartic experience; they remember the day vividly. For today's younger generation, however, the memory of Kennedy is a vague one. Young people who have no personal recollection of the man must rely on history for their perspective--and, to date...