Word: chord
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those charges struck a chord among middle-and lower-income Britons, who fear a future of progressively better services for an increasingly wealthy few. The issue goes to the heart of Britain's free-health-care system and moves the country toward medical treatment based largely on the patient's ability to pay. Says Paul Swain, a London hospital consultant: "A majority of people really like the NHS no matter how much they grumble about...
...story definitely struck a chord," says Nancy Chase, who, along with fellow reporter-researcher Megan Rutherford, helps select and edit the 20 or so missives that appear every week. Among our recent correspondents: George Bush, who disputed our statement that the median U.S. family income had remained relatively constant since 1977, and Peter Ueberroth, TIME's 1984 Man of the Year, who praised the endangered-earth story...
...driving across Indiana in early May 1968, searching for Bobby Kennedy's whistle-stop campaign, one heard another chord as well -- Paul Simon's wistful note of mythic disconnection: "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes...
...most of the songs, however distinctive their styles, sound like vintage Stones. "Big Enough," for example, sounds like an update of "Hot Stuff," while "Take It So Hard," recalls "Brown Sugar," and "Rockawhile" recalls any number of two-chord Stones jams. "Struggle" is a Stones voodoo party-from-hell song, like "Gimme Shelter" or "Sympathy for the Devil," and "Whip It Up" calls to mind "Midnight Rambler," even though it's not about S and M, as the title would have you believe...
...last night, the 51 entries have been culled to ten. The Chord of Trade, in top hats and tails, wows the hall with Give My Regards to Broadway. They seem to win hands down on presence and arrangement, but something lacks, and they must settle for third. The Second Edition has easily made the cut too but is haunted by a mediocre first round. Tonight in rhinestone tuxes, they bring the crowd to a frenzy with Darktown Strutters' Ball. Cumulative scores do them in, however, and they finish second...