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...with a slashing two-and-a-half-hour set that was simply too magnificent to be broken down and analyzed song by song. From the opening riff of "Under My Thumb" to the final grunt of "Satisfaction," the old men of white R and B proved that they still command the most powerful live punch of anyone on the concert hall stage...
...identical for the two shows, with the disappointing exception of Hamlet himself, and selected routines evoke one show in the midst of another--notably, the first entrance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Hamlet, in which the two, with more snap and individuality than such small parts would otherwise command, silently go through one of Stoppard's coin-flipping routines...
...maintaining law and order." Noting Jaruzelski's past refusals to turn the military against the Polish people, other analysts doubted that he would do so now. Observed a U.S. State Department official: "Jaruzelski wanted to give a hint to the people-and the party-that he is in command, but it's no more than that." Jaruzelski is also thought to have another motive for using the army: the hope that some of the good will the Polish people feel toward their military (see box) will rub off on his government...
...Mitterrand has no intention of changing France's unique relation ship with NATO: although an original member, it has retained an independent command over its military forces since 1966. Still, NATO planners have always assumed that the French would close ranks if war came. Indeed, Premier Pierre Mauroy pledges: "France intends to remain faithful to its allies, with the U.S. in the front row." Hernu argues that, ironically, France's withdrawal from the com mand structure of NATO, a move that gravely strained ties with the U.S., now makes France a stronger ally. "If France were fully inside...
Mission Control in Houston, as well as the Canadian builders, will be especially concerned with the tests of the robot arm. Truly, who will work the space crane with hand grips at an observation post in the back of the command cabin, had originally been scheduled to try the arm's gripping apparatus on a fixture in the cargo bay. But the trial was scrubbed because of problems with the arm's hand, known in NASAese as an "end effector." Eventually, the spider-web-like wire snare should be able to capture any satellite equipped with appropriately mated...