Word: chorused
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What Washington politicians were singing last week sounded like the chorus of a wistful Beach Boys song. Wouldn't it be nice, they all sang, if we could cut taxes? Wouldn't that make voters happy in 1992 and lift the economy too? Once the song started, almost no one wanted to be caught out of tune. Not since both parties raced to heap tax breaks on their constituents a decade ago had Washington seen such an outbreak of charitable zeal. While economists denounced the latest proposals as too little too late and virtually certain to worsen the federal deficit...
...THOSE YEARS, we lost the meaning of we, of you", Adrienne Rich writes in one of her recent poems. Chararterizing the past decade, Rich joins the chorus of those for whom the 1980s became a symbol of indifference, a time for selfishness, an era of greed. This perception has now gained wide acceptance and expression-even to the point of redundancy and triviality...
...Clicking Chorus...
...student Melissa A. Mazzini '94 recalls her first exposure to the phenomenon. "It was the first day of class...It was like there were crickets in the room. It was crazy," Mazzini says. Now she and her roommate use five separate pens to avoid joining in the clicking chorus...
...spite of the message, the show remains lighthearted. Jeanne Simpson's phenomenal choreography, especially in the scene parodying "Singin' in the Rain," helps to sustain the playful tone. The male and female chorus members are delightful, as they spar, tango and symbolically sharpen knives at the dinner table. Although the phallic use of umbrellas is carried slightly too far, by the end of the show the audience does view the battle of the sexes as a timeless dance...