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...novelty that is the greatest asset of The Long Run is also what bogs it down. In abandoning the slick mediocrity of Hotel California, the Eagles have sacrificed the unity of their previous albums. The old style was wearing thin, but it was the Eagles; and its only vestige is the desperado voice of Don Henley. The new cuts have more depth, but they point in many different directions...
...production is so slick that it scarcely matters that some of the acting is not. When they think about it, the two daughters-in-law practice their accents, droppin' g's like sure-'nuff Texans. When they do something besides thinking, like parading around the swimming pool, they sound as if the only Texans they know are those who shop on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Bel Geddes does not even attempt an accent, but she is so good at everything else that no one notices. Lucky Larry Hagman, who grew up in Texas, sounds just right...
...blot out last year's surreal horror show of missed shots, fanned shots and no shots. Six--count 'em--six freshmen will grace the four-line offense ("We went with three lines in the past because the depth wasn't there"--Cleary), and the rookies are supposed to be slick, speedy, and most important, goal-hungry. The new names--Greg Britz, Rob Burns, David Connors, Greg Olson (Mitch's brother), Neil Sheehy (brother of the NHLer), Jim Turner--join old names like Burke, Mike Watson, Tom Murray and Bob McDonald to give the Crimson "some pretty good forward lines," Cleary...
Growers unilaterally declared an impasse in the talks and negotiations broke down (The State Agricultural Labor Relations Board charged 28 growers with refusing to bargain in good faith). The employers hired slick public relations men (who ran the Reagan and Ford campaigns) to improve their public image. A favorite public relations tactic is placing deceptive full page ads in major newspapers portraying growers as advocates for farm worker human rights and the union as a threat to worker liberty. These are the same human rights advocates who opposed toilets in the fields and abolition of the short-handled...