Word: anthemic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Burtt devised a new language for the Ewoks, as he did for all the creatures with speaking parts. Ewokese, for example, is a combination of five tongues, including Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali. All were garbled together in Burtt's sound mixer. When it came time to compose an Ewokese anthem, Burtt could do it without the mixer. "By that time," he jokes, "I could speak Ewokese myself...
...most controversial example of this alleged duality occurred earlier this year when the Yale Glee Club--at the insistence of Giamatti and several other administrators--turned down a State Department invitation to record the Polish Solidarity Union anthem for broadcast on Voice of America...
...American popular-music industry was having its annual pageant. The program was about to end. Joan Baez walked onstage unannounced. As if she were lost in time, Baez driftingly began to sing Bob Dylan's anthem: "How many roads must a man walk down,/ Before you call him a man .../ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,/ The answer is blowin' in the wind...
...drum, which rouses them from sleep in their dormitory bunk beds; each room has eight workers from different companies. They don their all-white clothes, usually sweat shirts and sweatpants, grab brooms, and clean their quarters. They then line up for a flag raising, singing Kimigayo, the national anthem...
...evolving ritual that dates back into the years of Coach John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood. Through chants of "Who's he?" "Big deal" "So what" "Who cares?" and "Go home" after the introduction of the visitors' line-up, shouts of "Play ball" at the end of the national anthem, and the flawless execution of a repertoire of game-time cheers and jeers, the faithful add to their enjoyment of the best games while over the likes of San Joe State...