Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York City behind and drift in the expanses of Kenya's plains and mountains, sampling "their freedom and magic spaciousness." Leifer had wanted to return to Kenya since 1984, when he snapped a runner there for TIME's picture preview of Olympic athletes. "Most of my assignments are somewhat predictable," says Leifer. "With animals, you never know...
...care. But such a system must assure that we spend as a nation an "appropriate" amount, relative to other needs and wants, on health care. A national health insurance system--with a much larger administrative role for the individual states than earlier versions of NHI called for, a setup somewhat akin to the Canadian system--with expenditure limits would meet our needs...
...buffoonery, as a down-and-out photojournalist (James Woods) journeys to EI Salvador with his slob friend (Jim Belushi) in search when this dynamic duo are hassled by border guards and confronted by an openly hostile contingency at the U.S. embassy. Although this rapid change in tone is initially somewhat disconcerting, the scenes featuring Woods in a Hawaiian shirt and mirrored sunglasses perched atop of a mound of corpses are powerful in their sheer absurdity. Written and directed by Oliver Stone, who recently achieved recognition for Platoon, Salvador offers a telling juxtaposition of what Americans would like to be around...
...material on the second Breaking Circus album, The Ice Machine, is less jarring than Big Black and more atmospheric than Naked Raygun, but the group still throws a powerful, if somewhat subtle punch. On "Song Of The South," Steve Bjorklund's guitar twists around the recited vocals, alternately merging with and remaining distant from the words. Initially, Breaking Circus almost sounds minimalist: one can hear area of silence between the guitar and the industrial beat of the rhythm section. Ice starts to crank up, though, with the desperation and fury of "Laid So Low" and a total sound begins...
...teens (a somewhat unrepresentative group, heavily sprinkled with students from two of Moscow's most prestigious high schools) offered fervent criticism of the U.S. for its arms policy and its stereotyped view of the Soviet Union and its people. At the same time, there were pleas for friendship and trust. Said one student who is about to go into the army: "I guarantee to you that I will not invade your country." While most expressed support for the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, one student admitted he would not want to fight there: "I'm ready to die for my homeland...