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...middle of her new album, starting with an Elvis Costello hit, "Alison." With background vocal help from Andrew Gold and David Sanborn's mysterious alto sax weaving through the chorus, the song suits Ronstadt's voice perfectly, alternately showing a soft, shallow tone and then a full, resonant alto swell...
...fits aside, her voice is flat and expressionless; her face cannot convey any emotion other than blissful self-absorption. In Somebody Killed Her Husband, her debut as a movie star, Fawcett-Majors does not expand her range -only her wardrobe. This film proves that she can look just as swell fully dressed as she did in the scanty outfits of her hit ABC series...
...Fraser unexpectedly found themselves trudging the gangplank. This is the year the "barren ground" liberals like Mike Dukakis and Jerry "Jarvis" Brown are discovering precious little sustenance from the earth they scorched in a vain attempt to hold off the advancing barbarians. This is the year the swell for labor law reform hit a crosswind; the year natural gas deregulation came in a gusher. This is the year of The Great Temptation to trumpet a Right-Wing Trend. Well, get thee behind me, Satan. Because this is a year like most years in American politics...
...package, that's who. They are getting a message from the folks back home that defies all conventional political wisdom. Its essence: voters are so frightened by inflation that they are against anything that might make it worse−including cuts in their own taxes that would swell the federal budget deficit. Such feelings can only be deepened by last week's news that consumer prices in March shot up at an annual rate...
...Clearly, the immediate risks would be out weighed by the ultimate rewards. If the U.S. reduces domestic inflation, the dollar will rise, import prices will decline, purchasing power will expand, interest rates will fall, housing will climb, profits will increase, the stock market will turn up, capital spending will swell, more jobs will be created and business will flour ish. In sum, the small sacrifices made by special groups will lead to big benefits...