Word: anthemic
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...Bush needed -- a crisis manager who flies coach class . . . Wal-Mart isn't just a discount store anymore. Sam Walton's brainchild surpassed Sears in 1991 as the largest U.S. retailer . . . Nirvana found its place in alternative-rock heaven. The hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit has become an anthem for apathetic kids . . . Aung San Suu Kyi couldn't pick up her Nobel Peace Prize this year because the regime in Burma (also known as Myanmar) holds her under house arrest, but she provides a beacon of democratic hope to people caught in one of the world's worst remaining...
...during that lull between the national anthem and the players taking the field," Verrell said. "It just started, people clapping and roaring and cheering with nobody on the field. To somebody that grew up out here, that was chilling, and it was loud. From a local standpoint, that was the one that blew my mind...
...Civics teaching, Boston Public Schools; H.A.N.D.--Co-coordinator, Adams House; Harvard Coffeehouse Cabaret--Director/Producer; Singer of National Anthem, Harvard Hockey; Harvard-Radcliffe 1966 Reunion camp counselor...
...Civics teaching, Boston Public Schools; H.A.N.D.--Co-coordinator, Adams House; Harvard Coffeehouse Cabaret--Director/Producer; Singer of National Anthem, Harvard Hockey; Harvard-Radcliffe 1966 Reunion camp counselor...
World War II made Loesser a complete songwriter. Eager to contribute an anthem to the infantry, he wrote Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, and this time the dummy tune became the published song -- and a big hit. When he returned to movies, writing pile-driving boogie-woogie (Rumble Rumble Rumble) and patter songs (Can't Stop Talking) for hyperactive Betty Hutton, he had the credit he wanted: songs by Frank Loesser...