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...what's with all these well-regimented drills? A battalion of cadets goose-steps along a tennis court. Not far away, another uniformed squad executes a series of elaborate routines with shields. A dozen little girls, clad in shocking-pink leotards, parade forward and wriggle in formation to the tune of Ghostbusters, each with a small black rifle in her hand. And then, all of a sudden, there comes a thumping of feet and a building of intensity and the thunderous eruption of a mass-rally chant: "U.S.A. Fight! Fight! Fight...
...sorry we are not able to bring you our usual program." Instead of using its regular signature tune, the British Broadcasting Corporation began some radio transmissions early last Wednesday morning with an apology. For many viewers and listeners, it was about the only news they got that day. For the first time in 63 years, news programming on the BBC was silenced. The cause: a 24-hour strike. Workers at most of Britain's independent TV and radio stations walked out in support...
...here is the wonderful twist. Britain's dramatic artists have often found their strength in cataloging their kingdom's weaknesses. Now a new generation is raising its collective voice to sing the blahs. This familiar tune was heard in the late 1970s in stage and television drama; it took only a few years for graduates of those media to make their mark in film. Three provocative examples from this year's crop: Wetherby, written and directed by David Hare of the BBC and the National Theater; Dance with a Stranger, written by Playwright Shelagh Delaney (A Taste of Honey...
...Martin, and the response this time was thunderous applause. The First Lady instantly won over the capacity audience by announcing, "I'm a little out of my element. I really don't go around the White House singing." Then, her clear alto voice quavering a bit, she began the tune Mountain High, Valley Low from Lute Song. Toward the end of the refrain, Martin joined in, and the two finished with their arms around each other, beaming. The First Lady's press secretary admitted, "Mrs. Reagan may have practiced a little at the White House," but whether the President caught...
...renovations there, the program is on the road, tonight in Milwaukee. It is now 4:57½, and Keillor is cranking up to do his first live broadcast in five weeks. He flaps about looking distracted, claiming that he has forgotten the words to his theme song, the Hank Snow tune Hello Love. People in the audience call out the words. He waves an extravagant thanks, grins a froggy grin and rumbles into "Well, look who's comin' through that door,/ I think we've met somewhere before,/ hello love...