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...vitally necessary actions in our policy toward the Sandinistas. It was only through these "illegal" pressures that the Sandinistas decided to negotiate, and even agree to the Contadora accord. While one may consider the Administration foolish for not taking them up on the offer, it is simply irresponsible to trumpet the accord on one hand while condemning the policies that brought it about on the other...
First, the positive signs Andrea Burke is an amazing singer. At her best, Burke's voice has sharp, cutting power of Wynton Marsalis' trumpet. Soaring and dipping to exquisite extremes. At her worst, Burke has the quality of an average Broadway chanteuse, not a bad lower bound considering the exhaustion she must suffer from doing eleven songs in a row. Burke's embodiment of the Woman is occasionally too cocky: she substitutes flip musical-theater poses in scenes which call for something more profound. Due in part to her makeup and in part to her acting. She never quites manages...
...realm of today's performing arts, energy is an overvalued coin. Its name is invoked to trumpet every gonadal excess from heavy metal to slasher movies...
...helping the all-important middle class (44% to 34%). Two-thirds of those polled think Reagan would do a better job for the rich, vs. only 7% who say that about Mondale; that, however, is hardly a finding the President would be inclined to trumpet...
...support the party's presidential nominee, Jackson is determined to leave some room for bargaining on behalf of his supporters by warning that his endorsement might be less than ringing, depending on "our roles, our responsibilities and our proximity" in the campaign. "I'll play a trumpet with a clear sound to signal where we are relative to presidential politics," Jackson told the Washington Post. He added that the Democrats needed his "voluntary, enthusiastic support" to ensure a large Black turnout, but that he was not "obligated to work for the candidate as if I had a staff...