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...film introduces Starchild strolling along Mass Ave singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in a loud, defiant voice. In another vivid scene, Starchild is shown meticulously shaving his head with a straight razor, explaining that since he has no wife he has to do the job himself...
These figures, as well as surveys in the early primary states, show that Kemp still has not united the right wing behind him. As he colors himself in vivid hues of war paint, he also risks scaring offmoderate Republicans and independents. But having made so little progress as the advocate of supply- side economics and a return to the gold standard, Kemp does not have much to lose by changing the subject...
Africa is comprehensive: great birth, great death, the beginning and the end. The themes are drawn, like the vivid, abstract hide of the zebra, in patterns of the absolute...
...President that Casey was about to give false testimony to a congressional committee. After a sharp confrontation, the Post said, Shultz got Casey's testimony changed. Washington gossips promptly suspected that Shultz had leaked that story in retaliation for the earlier disclosure. Whatever the facts, the leaks gave a vivid impression of officials scrambling to save their own skins...
...renovation has eliminated the dead spots and the echo, although the subway trains still announce their passage. The removal of the drapery has revealed the full sweep of the proscenium arch, giving the hall a more vivid visual configuration, but it also reinforces psychologically the impression of acoustical brilliance. Although the cramped old lobby has been transformed into a gracious entrance flanked by twin grand staircases, entering and leaving the hall is more than ever a contact sport...