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...they were marching 80,000 strong to "The Wearing of the Green" out of Lahore and along the green left bank of the River Ravi to an enormous, amazing Congress camp surrounded by a barricade consisting of 13,000 worn-out railway cars...
...costumes, and even the acting techniques reflect this odd mixture of creative genius and worn-out cliche. The set itself is a three ring circus, a blaze of colors and graffiti. On one impressive wall a black-on-white silhouette of what appear to be jazz musicians and dancers on a ghetto street, the figures appear to laugh and then howl in anguish as the light changes. But another wall, a mural of floating patio furniture and suburban houses, is more than a bit obvious--it suggests a rip-off of the Rolling Stones' "Still Life" album cover. A third...
...Zeldin debunked the traditional manner of approaching the French, as well-oiled members of a neatly defined system. The contradictions of the country's many regions, the varying linguistic needs, and the lack of a unified French political and cultural awareness forced him to reexamine France's mythical unity; worn-out classifications of Bourgeoisie, Peasant and Worker were aerated, their subtle variations revealed. Zeldin also scrutinized French politics and patriotism, trying to analyze how they really affected citizens. But his work remained ambiguous throughout, begged the question of French identity, avoided the task of drawing conclusions...
...Electric and Babcock & Wilcox-have scaled back their nuclear-equipment sales, but are doing a brisk business supplying fuel and repairing and retrofitting existing reactors. Much of the work involves upgrading the reactors to new federal safety standards passed after Three Mile Island, and simply replacing parts of older, worn-out reactors. Westinghouse, in fact, was sued by two California utilities last week over steam-generator breakdowns that have caused a 14-month shutdown of a 15-year-old nuclear plant near San Clemente...
...thieves had gone through the U-Haul and taken everything of salable value. "It was a very professional job," Roe said. "There were a few scraps that they disdained to steal--some old worn-out pants, things like that. But it was very carefully gone through...