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Lots of others think they know too. It's one thing to work into the new record musically, as Simon's friend Quincy Jones does when he says, "Paul goes straight for the throat. And he's smart enough to understand the African motor, which has driven pop music for so long." But it's another to cast the lyrical runes for references to his personal turmoil, especially when he is hands-down champion of the Confessional Songwriters, Elliptical Division. Perhaps it's just another kind of standing invitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL SIMON: Songs of A Thinking Man | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...That's the worst part," Harvard defensive end John Sparks said. "We're out there playing really well and then they pop a 75-yard run. I guess it's better than getting the ball shoved down your throat, but it's frustrating...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: The Dartmouth 'Shmen That Bamboozled the Harvard Band | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

...soon found myself stranded on a deserted road with a sunken car, a lump in my throat and a torn tire. My humiliation only deepened when I had to explain the whole incident to the mechanic at the gas station I had so cockily passed only minutes before...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Alibis, Excuses and Black Leaders | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...Come on, Joe baby! It's your good ol' buddy Bruno Bostrello!" Joe has not seen this good ol' buddy since Bruno was left back in third grade. This good ol' buddy used to stuff Play-Doh down Joe's throat in kindergarten. Joe never really considered this good ol' buddy a good ol' buddy...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Ah, Bruno, Joe Hardly Knew Ye | 10/21/1990 | See Source »

...anger -- "I pulled it apart and just threw it around the room," he says to curator Deborah Leveton in the catalog interview. "It's a pretty aggressive piece." Indeed it is, almost childishly so, although its distant ancestor is a surrealist classic by Giacometti, Woman with Her Throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sculpture of The Absurd | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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