The song delivered its message in a potent kind of esperanto: a lyric about unbearable self-loathing, and a winning mixture of quiet verses and a fuzztoned chorus.

Rockfordesque Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) insists that he would rather use hunches than statistics, that he cannot wear a coat and tie to work, and that if he saw the corporate atmosphere at TriCor, Sam Spade would puke.

Argentinians support the Malvinas cause, which is written into the constitution. But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.

Truly, said Pantagruel, if I live to go home--which I hope will be speedily, God willing--I'll set off and graff some in my garden in Touraine, by the banks of the Loire, and will call them bon-Christian or good-Christian pears, for I never saw better Christians than are these good Papimans.