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...unlike the stay-at-homes, moviegoers who pay cash at the box office are captives, without a speedup button to zap the obnoxious spots. Many are starting to rebel, and hoots and howls are common when commercials flash onto screens in New York City, where ticket prices run as high...
Marley likes rap ("Yeah, mon. It's cool") but swears allegiance to reggae. Rap has proved to be a fertile source of inspiration for the ravishing Nenah Cherry, whose hit single Buffalo Stance dressed street sound up in supper-club clothes without sacrificing funk. Bobby Brown, the soul flash of the moment, made an album that sold more than 4 million copies and spawned three hit singles, marrying the sensuality of Marvin Gaye to the unearthly musical surprises of Prince...
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...comment was a rare flash of public humor from a man who at times has been perceived as taciturn, even dour. No one, however, questions Mazowiecki's integrity or the depth of his commitment to Solidarity. Perhaps as important, says an old friend, Adam Bromke, "he is a man who has the courage to say what is unpopular." Born in the central Polish town of Plock, Mazowiecki (pronounced Mah-zoh-vyet-skee), 62, is a devout Roman Catholic with strong ties to church activists who oppose Communist ideology. A close adviser to Lech Walesa, Mazowiecki helped form the union...
...necessary, Britain would "act on its own." When the Cabinet asked Chamberlain to pledge no further compromises, he said, "Right, gentlemen. This means war." As he spoke, one witness recalled, "there was the most enormous clap of thunder, and the whole Cabinet room was lit up by a blinding flash of lightning...