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...even the middle-roader melodies like "Skin Deep" can't conceal the hard edges of old; a slight snarl lurks under Burnel's voice, even at its most unctuous. The eardrum-bursting sarcasm of songs like "Bring on the Nubiles" still lingers in the earlobe-singeing insinuations of bourgeois S&M in Punch & Judy...
...This slight possibility that maybe, just maybe the mighty could fail, put the Crimson on its formidable toes...
Does this make him a journalist or an activist foremost? "I'm a man of the left and a writer simultaneously." Swanson declares, though with a slight suggestion that he'd give up the last label before the first and as for the journalist-asimpartial-observer argument, he'll hear none of it. "If journalist means a kind of mainstream person who doesn't take a stand on the issues, then I'm not a journalist," Swanson avows in an obviously oft-repeated, and only slightly defensive, response. Stressing the distinction between "neutrality and truth," Swanson contends his political views...
Every other pitcher has some slight flaw in his motion, some minute deviation that helps him adjust to his own physical limitations. Some of these adjustments are almost imperceptible, some are grotesque distortions...
...superpower allies, having the courage and vision of Sadat. In his interviews with such figures as Arafat and Syrian President Hafez Assad, neither known for his dedication to the peace process, Carter tries to give the impression that the current crop of Middle Eastern leaders have more than a slight interest in working to end the socio-political conflicts. Assad, for interested in my efforts to arrange peace negotiation," an appraisal which might surprise those who have dealt with the Syrian leader...