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This stuff is just plain stupid. And boring...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Liquor, Cocaine, Pot, Ecstasy and Sexism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...fans got the first licks with a chorus of "Yale band sucks," which they quickly reduced to just plain "Yale sucks" when the Crimson helped their cause with a touchdown and field goal...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Fans Take on Eli Band In War of the Words | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...Salvador slips backward toward the violence and chaos that characterized the country in the early 1980s, it seems plain that Washington's democratic experiment has failed. At best, the U.S. has leased a democracy in El Salvador that will struggle on only as long as Washington continues to pay the rent and Salvadoran officials agree to play along. (ARENA has already asserted that it does not intend to bow to U.S. demands even if it means a drastic reduction of aid.) The U.S. did Duarte no favor by emphasizing the fight against Communist guerrillas instead of reinforcing his agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America No Winners, Only Losers | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...including "When the Spell is Broken," "Shoot Out the Lights" and "Tear-Stained Letter." He, too, dedicated a song to George Bush ("Pharoah"). His lone cover, an unexpected choice, was the encore of the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," sung like a druidic chant on Salisbury Plain. Oddly enough, it worked...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Reggae and Rock | 11/16/1988 | See Source »

...with his affable smile and his 10-gallon hat, but when the bills came to his desk, he cut the taxes of the wealthy and added to the burden on working people. Michael S. Dukakis and vice presidential nominee Lloyd M. Bentsen do not pretend that they are just plain folk. They are more interested in making programs than pretense. They will be on the side of average Americans when it comes time to protect their economic and civil rights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis for President | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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