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...feet by attendants and, with the robe of a defeated boxer draped over his shoulders, began to drag himself toward the wings - until the cries of the audience magically revived him, like Lazarus or Frankenstein?s monster, and he summoned the will and strength to sing one more chorus...
...daddy. Mostly, though, the mood is one of longing and regret, which suits a vocal style so intimate it was practically internal. Her beautiful "White Christmas" emphasizes the distance between the singer and the people she wants to be near. In the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn "Christmas Waltz," the chorus goes: "And this song of mine / In three-quarter time / Wishes you the same thing too." But there's a tentative, almost skeptical tinge to those "wishes." She knew that, even (or especially) at Christmas, grownups don't get everything they hope...
...found. Annan quietly understood that an American invasion would be a disaster. He suffered physically and mentally over his failure to prevent the war. After the invasion, he experienced a mild nervous collapse. For a time, he actually lost his voice. For his pains, he was subjected to a chorus of know-nothing blatherings by U.S. critics who blamed him?inaccurately?for the U.N.'s oil-for-food scandal and ridiculed him for his failure to bring the rest of the world into line behind an incomprehensible series of U.S. foreign policy errors. He, more than any other public figure...
...Jojo—“Too Little, Too Late.” A rare example of a chorus that starts on the II chord rather than the I chord...
...music is not our only tool. Forty voices shouting in unison is a formidable force, one even greater when joined with the other student fans. If there has not been a pause in the action recently, we start up a chorus of “Let’s go Harvard!” or “Here we go Harvard!” as appropriate. Heckling the other team is also undertaken frequently with taunts and the infamous “sieve” cheer accompanied by cowbell. It’s always rewarding to see our team...