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...gentle melange between the group's style as represented during the Barleycorn and Low Spark sessions. The disc's first cut, "Something New," is a good time boogie tune in which Chris Wood's horns, instead of wandering aimlessly as in the past, provide the perfect rhythm backdrop to Stevie Winwood's crisp piano playing. "Dream Gerrard" is the piece most indicative of the album's general mood. Winwood seems to place more emphasis on keyboards as opposed to guitar with the piano (both electric and conventional) figuring prominently. In addition, Winwood's experimentation with mellotron and synthesizer is highly...
...underscore the informal tone that he has set for his presidency, Ford dispensed with Nixon's trappings-a stagey backdrop of blue velvet draperies and a massive, bulletproof lectern. Instead, Ford stood before a door that was symbolically left open and used a narrow, hourglass-shaped stand. He wore no makeup; despite the bright lights for the television cameras, he did not perspire. He seemed relaxed and self-assured-in part perhaps because he had carefully gone over the issues with five key aides for two hours on Tuesday and for another hour the morning of the press conference...
Zorin: The complicated and difficult economic situation within the country created a certain backdrop and a certain discontent among the American people. It is indicative that when an opinion poll was taken among ordinary Americans, 80% of them said that they considered the most important thing for themselves was not the interparty squabble in Washington but the economic problems which have arisen before every American. This created the background...
...political attitudes, and then it comes in the form of a separate box and provided with less than half the space devoted to his biography. Meanwhile, four pages of color photos depict Gerald Ford eating breakfast with his family, swimming in his pool, making a speech against the backdrop of a tremendous American flag, and relaxing with his wife...
...short pieces made use of live and taped music, slides, some very interesting lighting, and, of course, the large technical skills of the dancers. The choreography covered a wide range of themes. The introspective piece, "Inescape," used shadows on a backdrop as a literal projection of the inner self. It was a good distance in mood from the last dance, "Intern," where loads of huge black balloons were thrown onto the stage by unseen hands, then played with by the dancers, and eventually dropped off the stage where they were tossed around (and taken home) by the audience...