Word: ado
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Without much ado, the band ripped into "Memphis Exorcism," one of their few straight swing songs. Mathus and his fellow vocalist/guitarist, Tom Maxwell, took the opportunity to display their guitar prowess, but right after, sultry singer Katherine Whalen performed "Club Limbo," in her tones that are always reminiscent of Billie Holliday...
...just thinking[1]...that without the factor of race, last week's big dustup over Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle would have been seen as much ado about nothing.[2] The only reason anyone cared whether Barnicle, a white male, had recycled--without attribution--a few one-liners from comedian George Carlin was that only a few weeks ago another Globe columnist, Patricia Smith, a black female, had been forced to resign for making up stories...
...ones that we can relate to. His pediatrician mothers don't save the lives of 30 cholera-stricken infants a day, nor do his scientist fathers discover life-saving cures for cancer. They are normal parents who read to their kids when ill, cancel vacation plans without too much ado, have a verbal fight or two without getting distraught over it. Byers' characters are not larger than life, despite their whimy--they're just about life size...
...late 1965 at March Air Force Base in California, I met his son Vernon Jr., who was characteristically like his father. The death of his father the following January made quite a stir. In 1966, you see, Riverside County, Calif., had much in common with Forest County, Miss. ADO L. GINN Master Sergeant, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Sacramento, Calif...
...Clinton's judgment. His "problems" are not caused by Starr, a far-right conspiracy or former White House employee Linda Tripp. They are the result of a Chief Executive addled by hubris. The only thing scarier than Clinton's maneuverings is the people who think this scandal is much ado about nothing. CRAIG A. KOLLER Kutztown...