Word: chordings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...40th anniversary. That philosophy is now more compelling than ever. Important social issues like date rape, the deterioration of the environment and the troubles of America's educational system are news; so are advances in medicine and cultural phenomena. "When the movie Thelma & Louise came out, it struck a chord," notes Walter, "so it became news for us as well as a review...
...begins with a well-situated, easily identifiable them carried out by a very simple chord progression. But then, "slowly, it starts to open up," says Boone. "So while it opens very comfortably, with a firm, definite identity, it soon begins to change, to transform and become very ambigious...
...pursued by revenuers. "Sooner or later you're going to have to hit it anyway," he says, noting that fast play helps reduce the pressure. His simple philosophy -- "I just hit it hard as I can, and if I find the ball I hit it again" -- strikes a responsive chord in galleries. Moreover, Daly is a rarity: a self-made player. He says he learned to hit the ball by watching Jack Nicklaus on TV, by looking at instructional diagrams in golf magazines, and by experimenting with what felt natural as he played on a rural nine-hole course...
...after you resigned, you attended a student-faculty senate meeting at which one student described a teacher's using a sex doll to "spice up" a lecture, and another student said her breasts had been fondled. This must have struck a chord with...
...American press corps is not really that dumb. But the sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live struck a responsive chord. In the realm of ridicule, it was a telling symbol: TV's hip, anti-Establishment comedy series chose for its satirical target, instead of a stiff-backed military leader or a bumbling president, the not-so-gentle men and women of the press...