Word: closely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult to understand why things American are close to the center of young Japanese dreams. "America is equated with freedom, openness, wide spaces," says Hikaru Hayashi, senior research director of Hakuhodo Institute of Life & Living, a research arm of one of Japan's largest advertising companies. "Sharing in America can release Japanese teenagers from the restraints they live with every day. Through fashion, they can capture a bit of the life-style they can never hope to live...
...Hard Times" is a traditional blues song from 1961, and while Clapton's vocals and arrangement may be a little too close to Ray Charles' original version, the guitar licks that Clapton inserts add texture and counterpoint to the song. Overall, "Hard Times" comes across as beautifully relaxed and soulful, and contrasts nicely with a swing version of "Hound Dog," which follows...
...close your eyes during the final guitar solo at the end of "Before You Accuse Me," you just might think you're listening to an old Bluesbreakers tune. But you're not. Eric Clapton's Journeyman has planted him firmly in the 1980s world of synthesizers and drum kits. The few blues songs that prop up this album seem sadly anachronistic in an arena of bubble...
Certainly, we need not worry about too many Harvard graduates glutting the ranks of legal services lawyers. Clark's recent decision to close the Law School's public interest career counseling office forces those seeking nontraditional legal careers to conduct a far-flung, decentralized search for advice...
After a campaign that City Council incumbents have called one of the most arduous of their career, voters and campaigners alike relaxed a little yesterday to wait for the polls to close...