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...that explains the angry, self-righteous lone of the singers and those out-of-the-blue slides of bloody North Vietnamese which keep materializing above the stage. Perhaps it also explains the passage from Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories which Hill reads before the company breaks into a funky rendition of "Rebel, Rebel." And maybe it has something to do with all the gratuitous semi-nudity, or the baffling pantomimes of torture and death. May be it even explains Leslie Beckhart's stunning array of metallic punk costumes, although they make Peoploids look more like a Fiorucci fashion show than...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Bowie Worship | 4/23/1982 | See Source »

...response. In fact, Brezhnev has repeatedly warned that any use of nuclear weapons by the U.S. would lead to a no-holds-barred fight to the finish. The Soviets publicly disavow a first-strike option and chastise the U.S. for having one, but there is little doubt that their righteous-sounding doctrine would count for nothing in a crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living with Mega-Death | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

...social revolution. Their speeches are not just background color thrown it to give characters an excuse for passionate devotion or to propel a romantic plot Rather they are the lyrical heart of the script, bringing intensity and believability to characters who otherwise conform with relish to the movement's righteous stereotypes...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Labor and Love | 3/18/1982 | See Source »

...vicious strike right at the heart of baseball's integrity. Or he can take it simply as added color to an otherwise stand baseball world Luciano takes it in stride, and always with an air of tongue in cheek. "Hey, what did you expect," he would undoubtedly ask the righteous, "did you think the umpire was perfect...

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: A Little Boy in the Big Leagues | 3/12/1982 | See Source »

...those movies for grizzled old men who need a crutch under their chin and a drool bucket to pick up the overflow whenever the star appears, which is often. Fairchild, late of Flamingo Road, ABC's answer to Dallas, and one of the leading causes of righteous indignation in middle America, is hot staff, no question about that, in a world where blondes have more fun, it's a good bet that this lady has had more than her share...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: The Morgan Guarantee | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

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