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...houses of ordinary folk along the way, in a five-month tour starting in May. Four Americans and four Soviets will make the trip with cameras rolling, and then they will do a similar tour in the U.S. next year. The Soviets are enthusiastic, says Luce. Only one element is still uncertain. Right the first time. So it is back, with smile and mandolin, to the powerful- legs, powerful-suits scene. Back to those cold, cold phone calls to the vice president for sales and aggrandizement of Monstrocorp, or at least his secretary: "Have I got a marketing opportunity...
...fact that the Soviet Foreign Minister takes a trip to the Middle East." Though he praised Shevardnadze's trip as a "good thing," the President reiterated that the Soviet role in the region "should be limited." Shevardnadze had a canny response: "This is very sad because it injects an element of rivalry that is unnecessary." Then, with a smile, he added, "This is my first critical remark about the President of the United States...
...session of Congress is the most august forum available to a President. The setting alone -- the entire Government of the United States solemnly assembled in one vast chamber -- imparts a majesty and a grandeur to the occasion. The maiden address to Congress by a new President adds a further element of anticipation and drama. For George Bush, in particular, last Thursday's performance was the long awaited moment of self-definition, the chance to put to rest forever the stale gibes about his difficulties with "the vision thing...
...Blue Monk," a tune originally done by Monk, is recreated on this album in fine style. This version of the song contains all the hard-driving, swinging beats that Monk intended it to, but Roberts gives "Blue Monk" a more modern style. He manages to capture that element of funky jazz that Monk did so well, but has modified the piece slightly, making...
...before the fatal beating -- made him incapable of realizing the seriousness of Lisa's condition. With what seems a measure of inconsistency, however, the jury saw the same failure to get immediate medical assistance as evidence of Steinberg's "intent" to do serious bodily harm to Lisa, an important element of the manslaughter charge...