Page 10-Thursday, June 17, 1982-The Michigan Daily
Harlequin
readers attend
'novel party
DENVER (AP) - Their pulses fided -consumer relations director
racing,, their eyes aglow and their Katherine Orr. "They tell us they read
imaginations primed by written words the books to find out what women
of love more than 250 romance novel want."
readers found their way to a posh hotel The Harlequin readers' parties have
yesterday to be rewarded for all those been held in more than 20 cities since
happy endings. the first one in San Diego three years
In the Grand Ballroom of the Fair- ago, the year that Harlequin books had
mont Hotel, the women - and a handful their 30th anniversary.
of men - took their places under crystal YESTERDAY'S party included a
chandeliers, and amidst the daisies and guest appearance by Canadian author
pink linens that were part of the latest Sheila Strutt, free books and-lunch, and
Harlequin Romance readers' party. a pitch to would-be authors from
"It's a perfect fantasy - just like the Harlequin vice president Fred Kerner.
books," said Jackie Schmier of A writer producing four "basic"
Loveland. novels each year can make a six-figure
One of 28 million women who read all income, Kerner said. Each author is a
or part of the 18 titles poured out by the best-seller, he added, because the com-
Canadian-based publisher each month, piny sells a million of every title.
lucky delighted to be among the "It's light," said Betty Kimball, who
THE FEW MEN scattered about the has three children under 6.
ballroom were all guests of lucky oEverybodyneeds an escape and, with
readrs -the250 f moe tan 1500 one of these, you can have it and yet
readers - the 250 of more than t,00 come right back to reality when one of
Colorado readers who had won their the kids screams. Then, after you take
places at the party through a drawing. care of reality, you can slip right back
There is "a closet 2 percent" of into the story."
Harlequin readers who are male, con-
Lebanese claim PLO
offered to lay down arms

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The United States does not recognize
the PLO as a political entity and has
refused to have official contact with it.
There were conflicting reports on
new fighting yesterday.
Israel and the rightist Phalange Par-
ty, which fields the largest Christian
militia in Lebanon, both denied in-
volvement in a battle for the PLO
stronghold on the science campus of
Lebanese University adjacent to Beirut
airport.
THE PLO SAID the group of six-story
buildings had not fallen, but claimed its
forces fought Israeli troops all day,
killing 26 soldiers and destroying two'
Israeli tanks.
The fighting shattered a few hours of

relative calm that followed overnight
artillery exchanges between Christians
and Palestinians. Israeli and Syrian
tanks broke a four-day cease-fire with a
battle near the airport Tuesday, but no
Israeli-Syrian fighting was reported
yesterday.
Although a statement by the
Phalange Party said its militia did not
take part in the campus fighting, Israeli
and Christian commanders told AP
correspondents near Sarkis' palace in
Baabka that heavy shelling came from
Christian gunners in hills controlled by
the Phalangists.
The correspondents said Christian
militiamen could be seen mingling with
Israeli soldiers at the Israeli positions.

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Budgetary review clouds
ILIR 25th anniversary

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"We feel we integrate theory and
practice," Cohen said..
Curently, ILIR's labor research is
aimed at "finding out where the jobs
are going in the future," and examining
the role of the blue-collar worker in an
increasingly automated society, Cohen
said.
ILIR's worker re-edacation program
trains blue-collar women for leadership
positions by giving them "that self-
confidence sought in jobs," said Kor-
nbluh. "We study how to get women to
prepare for the workplace, how to
prepare for interviews and we give
them assertiveness training."

DOROTHY JONES, a participant in
ILIR's worker re-education program,
lauds the institute's efforts at helping
laborers receive educational oppor-
tunities.
"A lot of working class people would
never have the opportunity to step foot
on campus if it weren't for ILIR,"
Jones said. "I am a product of them."
Jones, who now studies minority job
opportunities and formerly worked on
an assembly line for Chrysler, credits
1LIR with giving her the opportunity to
become a University student.
Graduate students "can do applied
economic, psychological, or
sociological research related to unem-
ployment there," Bluestone said.

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where the "emotion" comes into play.
What sets Circuit II apart from most
techno bands is that they put into their
music a humanism that electronics has
historically removed. Their lyrics
aren't the jaded, "I was a
man ... .now I'm a machine," but they
sing about people and relationships
that, although it is not revolutonary, is
nice for a change: Circuit II is one of the
best bands in Detroit and deserve to be
noticed.
A flock of Seagulls opened their set
with an inspiring rendition-of "Modern
Love is Automatic" followed by
"Messages.", Clutch Cargo's dance
floor was jammed with several hundred
dancing people, many of which
routinely jumped up on stage at the
gand's invitation only to be politely
escorted off by security.
As the set progressed, I was im-
pressed by how much better the band
sounds live than on record. The produc-
tion on the album is very slick - bor-
dering on commerciality. It's
something that the band members are
displeased with. Reynolds said that the
productionwas his least favorite part of
the album. "It took the rawness out of

the music."
Frequently in a live performance all
you hear is noise, but A Flock of
Seagulls have energy, personality, and
appear to actually be having fun. Their
live music has depth and energy that is
lost on thealbum.
They also performed five new num-
bers that should be on their next album.
The new material is very good, but it's
different from the music on the first
album. Reynolds explains, "we're
moving towards more atmospheric
songs. The music will be slower. Not all
dance, dance, dance."
The rendition of the single, "I Ran"
was one of the last songs and the high
point of the concert. A few songs and
one encore later I left Clutch Cargos
with an altered opinion of A Flock of
Seagulls. They give a fun, solid dance
performance and technically, they in-
terpret their music better than their
producer does.
If you are wondering if this'summer
is big enough to handle yet another
British flash-in-the-pan, I'll admit it
isn't, but A Flock of Seagulls have a
good sound and additional records
should only reinforce their first strong
effort.

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