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...line began in the first place. No pratfall is beneath him. His pun can still be mightier than his word, and he delights in portmanteau items, as in the case of the little band of fundamentalists who obstinately refuse to cut their "umbibli-cal" cord. But at times his verbal games can become so outrageous that you can't see de words for De Vries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Galloping Lust, Crawling Remorse | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...deteriorated with a piercing performance on "Worried About You." The song illustrates the Stones' ability to put a song together with casual confidence, as each piece of the band slowly warms to Jagger's vocals and eventually comes crashing in at full force while he switches from singing to verbal self-torture. The women, they tear Mick apart, but he don't have nowhere to turn: "I'm worried 'bout you/I'm worried, and I just can't seem to find...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Black and Blue No More | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...device's combination of low blast and intense radiation over a small area make it suitable for warfare in Western Europe in the event of a Soviet invasion. The S.P.D.'s left-wingers are interpreting the decision as further evidence that Washington, despite its verbal assurances, is not sincerely interested in pursuing negotiations with Moscow to reduce the awesome nuclear arsenal already in Europe. Charged Egon Bahr, their most prominent spokesman: "It has become quite clear that the Americans want to transfer the risk [of nuclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Old Anxieties | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...English have always been especially adept at this sort of verbal violence, perhaps because they are an island people and have learned to hold familiarity in contempt. Disraeli on Gladstone, for example: "He has not a single redeeming defect." Gladstone, in fact, brought out the best in his antagonist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Where Have All the Insults Gone? | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Every one of those verbal messages was dinned into the consumer's memory with music that, most jingle composers agree, should catch the ear the first time it is heard, yet sound as if it has been around forever. The tunes sometimes become so popular that they are sold as records. The public bought a million copies of I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing in 1971, while a slightly different version-Coca Cola's I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke-was saturating the air waves free. Some tunes are adapted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Mirror, Mirror, on the Tube | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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