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...lord. Shingen, has been assassinated, we learn that he was called the Moutain, that the Moutain did not move, and therein was his strength as a ruler and a warrior. Under his leadership, armies could move "swift as the wind, quiet as a forest, fierce as fire," and in spite of occasional cruelties, he maintained order and defeated his enemies in battle. But--oh, Lord--how fragile is that order, how fleeting the lord's life, how quick to descend are the forces of chaos when Shingen's heir rebels against a powerful tradition...
While the rhetoric of many Third World leaders reflects only the depth of their anger and bitterness, Jackson's public statements--in spite of the threats she has received--are tempered with a broader concern: that the entire University community understand that for minority students, the recent events represent a threat to their very right to attend the University. Yet in a vacuum of administration inaction and a lack of concern from the rest of the student body, these types of efforts can only have an isolated and limited effect...
...Heads, in spite of Eno, still have a lot of first-class material on Remain In Light. "The Great Curve," "Houses In Motion," "The Listening Wind," and "Once In A Lifetime" set the standards by which the Heads new music will be judged. "Once In A Lifetime" is an incredibly complex song that is in fact three songs laid on one backround--polylyrics for plyrhythms. The continual exuberance of the polyrhythms matches the Bo Diddley beat in providing an automatic source of energy in a song, and this should encourage many groups to get funky. Could this be the trend...
...this month Foot will take the first step in the long march toward his possible ascendancy as Britain's Prime Minister. The occasion will be a mass Labor Party protest against the Thatcher government in Liverpool, where unemployment is running at 15.2%, almost twice the national average. In spite of his crutches, Foot is determined to join the demonstration march when it converges on the docks of Merseyside. Last week he delivered his first salvo against the Thatcher government: "We will proceed to unite to attack the outrages and infamies which this government is inflicting on our people...
...spite of the inherent solitude of the goalie position, Erulkar enjoys the close camraderie of the Harvard squad. "I played squash in high school," he says, "But I didn't like being shut up in a little box with one other person...