Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush has always produced sophisticated albums; she even sings in German in a song on Lionheart. Her influences always came from Europe, where the bulk of her fans live. The inspiration of the new album, though, often comes from below the equator. "Pull Out the Pin," the song of a Vietcong cadre in combat, borrows from the rhythm of Indonesia. Even the blades of a clipper join in to help keep time in a manner reminiscent of The Clash's Charlie Don't Surf. "Scott Your Lap" has the throbbing, polyrhythmic beat of the last Talking Heads or Peter Gabriel...
...bulk of Room 13's visitors are freshmen. Up until two years ago, that was true for Mental Health Services as well, but now this is changing. In what Catlin called a "very significant shift," more and more seniors are seeing therapists. Seniors are increasingly concerned about what they'll do when they leave Harvard, concern about what comes after college ... Reading Period is a pretty stressful time, and exam anxiety, for seniors in particular, is often more a concern that they won't be able to succeed--that they won't be able to fulfill their goals, rather than...
...thanks to the transistor and the silicon chip, the computer has been reduced so dramatically in both bulk and price that it is accessible to millions. In 1982 a cascade of computers beeped and blipped their way into the American office, the American school, the American home. The "information revolution" that futurists have long predicted has arrived, bringing with it the promise of dramatic changes in the way people live and work, perhaps even in the way they think. America will never be the same...
...back so hard and then to have that happen was just unbelievable," MacDonald said. "We are certainly capable of playing better than we did, and hopefully with a little rest and some positive thinking we'll be all right," he added, pointing out that the icewomen still have the bulk of their season...
Moreover, Las Vegas depends on overnight guests for the bulk of its business, while day trippers predominate in Atlantic City, and in such numbers that during 1981 the city pulled ahead of Florida's Walt Disney World to become the most popular single travel resort in the U.S. Says Lee Isgur, a respected gambling-industry analyst with the New York City investment firm of Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins Inc.: "Basically, the eastern half of the country has discovered the excitement and glamour of legalized casino gambling. Millions of people can now drive two or three hours at the most...