Word: spares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gang has definitely evolved over the last few years--their funky Europop of today contrasted by the lean, spare minimalists post punk of their first. "Entertainment," a success of a different sort from their latest. Yet there are constants, most of which derive from the exquisite musicianship of the band members. This level of musicianship along with an admirable earnestness and intensity of purpose no matter what you may think of its politics--has raised the Gang above the trendy, and most irrelevant British punk-funk scene...
...would be impossible to utter a facetious word in this edifice, and Gene Outka, a professor of religious studies at Yale, is seriously posing conundrums, one of which concerns a military chieftain in some benighted land who has condemned ten political prisoners to death but who offers to spare nine if an American will personally shoot the remaining wretch. Outka is taking his audience carefully over difficult ground. Still, there is something off-putting about the contrast between the violence of the parable and the safety of the speaker and the cosseted elders listening to him in their sanctuary...
...Arab neighbor with a long history of hostility toward Iraq. Through Syria, Iran received large shipments of Soviet weaponry, including 130-mm artillery pieces, antiaircraft guns and tank engines. In the meantime, Washington remained silent while Israel sold Iran an estimated $120 million worth of military hardware, including spare parts and ammunition for Iran's American-made equipment, which had been acquired during the rule of the Shah. Nor did the U.S. openly complain that the Israelis were sending experts to Tehran to help the Iranians use their American-made weapons...
Even better is Kumagai Jinya (Kuma-gai's Camp), a work of epic sweep. Set during the wars of the 12th century, it relates the terrible dilemma of General Kumagai, who must kill his own son to spare the life of an enemy whose mother had helped him long ago. Playing the general, Kanzaburo is a figure of universal, tragic stature who is shattered by his act. An accomplished, versatile actor, Kanzaburo also displays a sly comedic sense as the errant husband in Migawari-zazen...
...addition to producing, directing and arranging. Yazbeck plays electric piano and takes charge of an on-stage band perched precariously above the other performers on a scaffolding backdrop. Like the set, the music is spare and appropriate, never overpowering the swirl of denim, bandanas and flesh down in front...