Word: tenuousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There's only one way Harvard's power-play can't be effective: if it never takes the ice. The Crimson seems prepared to live by its power play. But life by power-play is a tenuous one: it hangs on the same string as the referee's whistle...
...ARTIST'S UNRELEASED MATERIAL is usually better left that way. Usually out-takes from previous albums, such material is prized by fans but often reveals the most tenuous and potentially embarassing moments--as happened to the mighty Led Zeppelin with the appearance of Coda. Having formulated this general law, let me announce that Invisible Hitchcock, a compilation of previously unreleased stuff from British popster Robyn Hitchcock, is the exception to the rule...
...Casey's claim that he did not learn of money being diverted to the rebels until just before Attorney General Edwin Meese announced it to the public on Nov. 25. Last week the CIA released a statement reiterating the director's earlier contention that he was informed only of "tenuous speculation" about the contra funding. Casey is recovering from surgery for a brain tumor, and reports circulated last week that he is having trouble speaking and cannot stand or walk. Few in Washington believe he will rejoin the CIA or give any further testimony on the arms scandal...
Malacanang Palace--Minister Guingona is holding a press conference following this morning's cabinet meeting on the government's response to rebel demands. Guingona, the chief negotiator with the Communists, is a vital link holding together the tenuous cease-fire, yet security is lax. The nearest security guard is out on the front steps, sitting quietly on a stool with an M-16 rifle across his knees. He does not check visitors for identification...
...basic story stems from the unlikely premise of a family plagued by an anonymous baby's telephone calls. This incessant ring-ring, goo-goo-ga-ga subsequently transforms itself into a tenuous metaphor for familial deterioration--the Goldstein clan find themselves drowning in lunacy...