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...half an hour. Cornelia's syrupy voice might, with training, resemble Teresa Brewer's. The band sounds terrific. That is, the four professional mu sicians (two guitarists, drummer and pianist) Stein hired to play in the shadows downstage sound terrific. Two of Cornelia's friends strum soundless guitars at center stage, faking the struts and grimaces of rock stars. Cornelia seems like a bashful cheerleader, smirky and proud and a little unsure. The last of the eight songs is Satisfaction, which Cornelia's friend Mick Jagger recorded with the Rolling Stones in 1965, when...
...extraordinary wilderness chase that occupies the bulk of the film. In it, Stallone stands off not only the sheriffs blundering posse but, eventually, hundreds of tangle-footed tenderfeet from the National Guard, in the process giving an artful demonstration of guerrilla warfare. The movie occasionally pauses to strum a familiar ironic chord: that the skills that make a man a hero in war can turn him into a criminal in peacetime. But First Blood is always eager to be up and about, attending to its real business, which is the celebration of primitive masculine competence in a succession of well...
Besides the standard choices of savings deposits, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, financial advisers are now nudging clients toward such exotic new fare as zero-coupon bonds, seven-day bank C.D.s, and brokerage-house deposit certificates. With such a variety to choose from, even professionals are befuddled. Says Gary Strum, a vice president at the E.F. Mutton investment firm: "You need an M.B.A. degree to understand what the banks and institutions are offering nowadays...
...today/ The beginning and the end/ The alpha and the omega." And then they sing, "Glorify the Lord with me/ Let us praise his name/ Those whose spirit is crushed/ He will save." After John Denver's recording of Annie's Song is played, two brothers strum a simple accompaniment on guitars as monks sing, "When we come to the table of life/ We keep faith with the risen Christ/ Giving in freedom, love, as did Jesus his life...
...Strum your frustrations away...