Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, of course. It is easy enough to get a solid fix on the R.-and-B. cornerstone of the band's music. It is the Was deviations on the form that require an off-road map. The CD and cassette versions of What Up, Dog? contain a nifty number called Wedding Vows in Vegas in which Frank Sinatra Jr. provides some very atmospheric vocalizing. Clearly, Was (Not Was) musical inspiration has deep roots in strange places. Nothing less should be expected from a couple of guys whose first taped effort was a Frank Zappa tune...
Future Fears. The outgoing Administration's feel-good rhetoric, together with continued economic expansion and moderate inflation, has shaped the public's positive perception of pocketbook issues. A solid majority of 63% consider economic conditions in the country today either "very good" or "fairly good." But when asked about the 1990s, Americans harbor doubts about their own prospects and their children's. Even larger majorities fear that interest rates and inflation will accelerate during the next year...
...officials had no trouble understanding why Kohl would refrain from moving against a West German company until Washington backed up its charges with solid evidence. What mystified the Administration was why West German officials stoutly denied the charges when the country's own intelligence agency had offered them evidence of Imhausen-Chemie's complicity as early as last October. Whatever the reason for Bonn's foot-dragging, the U.S. welcomed the change of tune. "The objective now is to let the Germans climb down without further embarrassment," said a senior White House official. "We want to prevent further shipment...
Even with these restrictions, teams at Harvard are able to compete successfully with teams free of rigid academic requirements. Harvard's women's teams in particular are able to give teams outside the Ivy League a solid test, according to Delaney Smith...
...city funds. A dozen more have departed under a cloud. The District's municipal work force of 47,000 is among the nation's most oversize and inefficient. Its most egregious shortcoming is the shoddy service it provides to poor and working- class blacks, who constitute Barry's most solid base of political support...