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...upcoming show "Elvis: A Rockumentary in Puppets" certainly promises to do something completely different with your mind. According to Martin, the making of this "rockumentary" forced the Onion Weavers to deal with "wonderfully complex and horrible issues," such as the morally objectionable use of real KFC chicken as a prop. It also features lots of tacky upholstery (something about a blue suede...
...Arizona and Colorado. In Orlando, a group called Save Our State today said its effort is part of a campaign to push the issue onto the national agenda by 1996. ButTIME Miami bureau chief Cathy Boothsays Florida will be a hard political sell, in part becauseGov. Lawton Chiles, a Prop 187 opponent, "feels strongly that you shouldn't turn people away from hospitals or children from classrooms...
...stepped in front of the hero received a genial tongue lashing. The hapless soprano assigned to cover for Kiri Te Kanawa should she get sick had a bad day, going left when she should have gone right, up the stairs when she belonged on the ground, picking a prop flower off cue. At the beginning of the glorious duet in which the heroine learns that Boccanegra is her father, she began playfully fingering his shirt. For the umpteenth time, Del Monaco charged down the aisle. ``Stop! Stop, stop, stop!'' he yelled. ``What are you doing? You look like you want...
Your report on electronic populism hits the bull's-eye: contemporary communications systems too easily accommodate everybody's reactions to everything [Jan. 23]. Senators cite percen tages gleaned from phone and fax communications from the citizenry to prop up their points. The media don't help with their frequent telephone polls. It is high time we give our representatives some breathing space to legislate without constant reference to the whimsy of the popular opinions of the moment. Even if 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still considered a foolish thing...
Your report on electronic populism hits the bull's-eye: contemporary communications systems too easily accommodate everybody's reactions to everything [Jan. 23]. Senators cite percentages gleaned from phone and fax communications from the citizenry to prop up their points. The media don't help with their frequent telephone polls. It is high time we give our representatives some breathing space to legislate without constant reference to the whimsy of the popular opinions of the moment. Even if 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still considered a foolish thing...