Word: howling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LINDA RONSTADT: CRY LIKE A RAINSTORM, HOWL LIKE THE WIND (Elektra/Asylum). Ronstadt takes lessons learned from her three successful albums of pop standards and puts them to work on the kind of material she did so well in the '70s: confessional ballads and songs of love gone amiss. The cathedral- filling orchestral arrangements threaten the fragile structure of some songs, but Ronstadt's singing (superbly accompanied on four tracks by New Orleans soulster Aaron Neville) keeps everything on course...
Fujitsu, Japan's largest computer firm, has often come under attack in the West for its trade practices. U.S. rivals have accused Fujitsu of a lowball pricing policy that keeps foreign firms out of the Japanese market. But last week a howl of protest went up in Japan when Fujitsu tried to carry out such pricing at home. The uproar occurred after Hiroshima's city government sought bids to design a new computer system. Seven firms offered to do the work at prices ranging from $2,000 to $201,000. But the winner was Fujitsu, which submitted...
Against these plangent strings of personality is the oboe howl and twitter of Niall Buggy as the only son, a pixilated and desperate man steeped in family lore who nonetheless bolted half a continent away. For him and his kin, heritage is a cruel joke masquerading as an oracle...
Williams' move touched off a howl of protest. The Fraternal Order of Police filed a formal complaint. Allentown-based Alpo Petfoods Inc. offered free vittles to the retired canine crime fighters for as long as they live. Animal lover Randi Biba gathered more than 1,000 signatures on petitions urging the police department to reverse its decision. "Policemen get benefits, and these dogs are their partners," says Biba, a 37-year-old secretary. "What's the difference if they have two legs or four...
...flashiest tour in Los Angeles mix camp nostalgia with giddy grave robbing? And why shouldn't a necromantic like Greg Smith, Grave Line's ! "director of undertakings" and occasional tour guide, make some clean money washing his Forest Lawndry in public? Grave Line is a haunt and a howl for children of all ages and no taste. "It's like being in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland," gushes Beth Arrowsmith, a passenger on today's field trip. It's educational as well. "When you're considering real estate," opines stockbroker Kimberly Ross, "it's nice to know this stuff...