(In 1968, the group included Charlie Manson's "Cease to Exist" on the "B" side of one of their 45's, thereby landing a mass murderer-to-be on the charts). Entertainingly written but ill conceived, "Whale Music" will be best appreciated by Beach Boys non-initiates, who won't be hampered by Mr. Quarrington's peculiar manipulations of fact.
Some were hinting at class-action lawsuits from disgruntled investors, and one leading magazine even speculated that "Fidelity could become the Drexel Burnham of the 1990's," and cease to be a viable business.
And today's cease-fire reflects how seriously Western powers are now taking that threat.
One government official characterized today's cease-fire as "heavily imposed by NATO".
The government has been working to keep it ethnically mixed by sending busloads of displaced Macedonians back to their homes, under the terms of last week's cease-fire.
A1 Liberian Violence Escalates Fighting between government and rebel factions for control of the Liberian capital erupted again, dashing hopes nurtured by last week's cease-fire agreement brokered by the United Nations.
Its scheme involves writing off about 60% of the net present value of the debt, compared with 92% in the government's proposal.See article: Argentina's surprisingly vigorous economic reboundHarmony in the airFollowing last week's cease-fire agreement, India and Pakistan have agreed to resume direct air links from January 1st after a two-year ban.
Numerous analysts found it suspicious that Washington had accused Russia of the attack so soon after the American military apologized for an airstrike that killed dozens of Syrian soldiers during last week's cease-fire that had been negotiated by Mr. Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry.
The Israeli nonprofit group Gisha, which works to aid movement of people and goods to and from Gaza, says that from last summer's cease-fire until the end of the year, a mere 3.9% of the construction materials needed to repair damage entered Gaza.
In the 1950's, jazz ceased to be entertainment and became esoteric art.
Both centers lost a major tenant when Mervyn's ceased operations in 2008.
