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...billion, or 50%, cut in the budget deficit for 1983. He also proposed an ambitious plan for government decentralization to help prevent urban paralysis in Mexico City, one of the world's most congested (pop. 16 million) and polluted capitals. The President then made a whirlwind tour of Mexico's southern state of Chiapas, giving the colorfully dressed Indian residents of the remote region a first glimpse of their new leader in action. Said a presidential aide: "He is acting so quickly that many people are stunned...
Those two thirds of success success make this very large and lavish Jesus Christ Superstar an excellent evening's entertainment, despite production weaknesses glaring enough to sink most theatrical endeavors. Staged in the massive Kirkland House JCR. Superstar involves close to 30 actors in a perpetual whirlwind of motion, as well as an extremely competent 14-person orchestra thumping away madly in the background. The script contains not a single line of spoken dialogue, unless you count Pontius Pilate yelling. "Twenty-two! Twenty-three! Twenty-four!" while Roman guards put Jesus to the lash. The rest is music numbers...
...feel bad for them," McLaughlin said after the game. The Crimson, which toured China in 1980, understood the fatigue brought on by a whirlwind schedule, he explained...
...breathtaking account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Day by day, he describes his meetings with Begin and Sadat on the grounds of the presidential retreat: the initial hope, the long period of pessimism, Begin's intransigence, Sadat's frustrated attempt to leave midway through the talks, and the final whirlwind day of settlement...
...sensitive perspective conveyed in songs like "Just the Way You Are" became blurred with hedonism and pretentiousness in "Sleeping With The Television On" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." But in his latest effort. Joel confirms his status as a songwriter swept up in his own whirlwind fame and alienated from the normality he used to celebrate and glorify. The Nylon Curtain so emphatically reveals Joel's emotional detachment that the album serves a worthy purpose. With this complete songwriting tumble, Joel can essentially he enjoyed for his previous work and officially forgotten...