Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hornsby has apparently discovered the obvious advantages of collaboration. For the first time, he makes extensive use of backup singers, with Harvard Square-favorite Shawn Colvin (who opened Suzanne Vega's now infamous Harvard show) making frequent appearances. And the subdued twang of Jerry Garcia's guitar riffs are hard to miss on songs like the first single, "Across the River...
Meanwhile, the accordion lobby's triumph threatens to encourage further erosion of the musical landscape. They have already infiltrated a punk band dubbed Polkacide and the backup bands of Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. Next the city fathers of Detroit; Skokie, Ill.; and St. Paul will succumb and proclaim the accordion their official designated hitter. These cities are unaware that it is the convergence of hundreds of accordion players pumping out The Beer Barrel Polka in unison that depletes the ozone layer. The Red Cross is looking into this...
Last week, after two whites were killed in a clash between demonstrating black workers and white security officials at a nearby gold mine, Vlok sent extra police and a military backup into Welkom, saying that vigilante action was "unnecessary." Black South Africans can only hope that the A.W.B. is listening...
...officer, who didn't know they were students, called for backup, and the individuals started to leave," Tempesta said. He said that when the officer told them to stop, Spooner "began yelling and screaming...
...accountable for more than specific, narrow criminal acts. North had destroyed countless NSC papers, deceived Congress and accepted the gift of a security system, which was illegal while he was on the Government payroll. Poindexter too was convicted of shredding a presidential finding and erasing 5,000 electronic messages (backup copies were discovered). But for the first time in the scandal, jurors were willing to sustain charges of a conspiracy to obstruct Congress and cover up the Iran-contra folly. "Admiral Poindexter did it because he wanted to protect the political viability of Ronald Reagan. And I consider that...