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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to get an accurate measure of public opinion by talking to a few random strangers. But there ways to get more scientific samplings. Meet Steve, a public opinion expert and barber at the Custom Barber Shop on Brattle Street...
Existential thrillers are the UFOs of literature. Everybody has heard about them, but few have actually seen one. A. Alvarez's DAY OF ATONEMENT (Random House; $21) is the real thing: the story of the Constantines, a middle-aged couple with one friend too many. Tommy Apple dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his property to Joe, whom he liked, and Judy, whom he loved. The estate turns out to be worth millions -- some of it from drug sales. Moral and marital dilemmas, close-ups of traffic-jammed London, episodes with dealers and police provide enough suspense to fuel a dozen...
...into November. Dates are still being added, but the tour will also hit Toronto and Montreal. The show employs nine screens, with the two largest measuring 20 ft. by 30 ft., three dozen 27-in. television monitors and a satellite dish. During the concert, the screens will carry a random, computer-triggered mix of prerecorded material, live feeds from the satellite and shots of the onstage performance. Lead singer Bono will make impromptu phone calls that will be broadcast over the speaker system. (Hello? David Letterman?) The recipients could range from the White House to a local pizza parlor...
...self-contradictory. Frankie and Johnny does not pretend to have a political "message" that must be "heeded." If Cop Killer has a message, it is that the murder of policemen is a justified response to police brutality. And not in self-defense, but in premeditated acts of revenge against random cops. ("I know your family's grievin...
...Random House...