Word: blaringly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Michael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley, Elvis' daughter, are in fact married, according to Lisa-Marie. In an unlikely twist that confirmed a frantic month of tabloid blare, Jackson's MJJ Productions issued a statement saying that Jackson, 35, and Presley, 26, were married 11 weeks ago in a private ceremony "outside the United States." The site of the blessed event, according to the tabs: the Dominican Republic. Said Presley: "My married name is Mrs. Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson. . . . I am very much in love with Michael, I dedicate my life to being his wife. I understand and support...
...quality of the music, thankfully, isn't compromised by that of the lyrics. "We need a love revival/Somewhere for us to begin/To take apart the wounded hearts/and love them back together again/...gotta find the reasons why/It's easier to say goodbye" ("Easier to Say Goodbye"). Trumpets blare and sway; snare drums rock you gently; Oleta croons; your roommate walks in just in time to catch you belting that last note into your spare shoe-come-microphone...
...outdoor setting had disadvantages as well. I was in fact surprised at how uncontrolled the environment seemed to be. In the first movement of the Mozart, a siren began to blare at a very inopportune time in the soloists' duet. In the second movement, the grinding of a large truck, headlights visible through the trees, disturbed the calm. In the last movement, a relatively low-flying plane blasted through the air overhead...
...keeps her windows closed. "Some mornings you can't walk outside because so many people are using their power mowers," she laments. "It's very noisy out there." Who would dispute it? From the roar of airplanes to the wail of sirens, the blast of stereos to the blare of movie sound tracks, noise is a constant part of American life. But few go to the lengths Russ does to avoid it. Noise is annoying and frustrating -- and accepted...
...that cold February night at Briggs Cage, there was no crackly 45 to blare the National Anthem through tinny speakers. There was no sugar-sweet soprano behind whom fans could mumble the timeworn lyrics...