Word: royall
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the exception of the "Royal Station 4 16." all the songs have the same simple rock sound, with vocals not getting lost in the sound of the band. "Royal Station 4 16," which features U2 lead singer Bono playing harmonica. is a confusing jumble of mournful lyrics and excessive guitar and drums that does not succeed as well as Etheridge's simpler songs...
...Jays have never won a pennant, those chokers," he continued. "In 1985, we were up three games to one against the Royals. This was the Royal team with Buddy Biancalana at shortstop and Frank White hitting cleanup. And we lost to them...
...three-story building near the Kent port of Deal in southeastern England housed young recruits, some only 16 years old, who were training for the famed Royal Marines marching band. Last week their music was silenced in a deafening explosion that leveled one of the barracks and rattled houses within a two- mile radius. The toll: ten dead, 22 injured. British Defense Secretary Tom King called the blast an "appalling outrage against young army bandsmen who work for charity and who have given great enjoyment to millions across the country...
...Irish Republican Army immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. In a statement that was released in Dublin, the I.R.A. noted that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had "visited occupied Ireland with a message of war when we want peace. Now we in turn have visited the Royal Marines in Kent." Two weeks ago, the Prime Minister had toured Northern Ireland and praised the Ulster Defense Regiment, calling it a "very, very, very brave group of men." The U.D.R. has been accused of leaking names of I.R.A. suspects to Protestant assassins...
...Evert's last bow. But after half her life encircling the globe on the tour, Evert wanted to exit at home, with the Stars and Stripes aflutter. She foretold an eventual defeat, if not disaster. Yet from the moment she took the court in the opening round, dressed in royal purple, her departure, like all that had gone before it, was triumph, triumph...