Word: concert
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...earliest gestation, playing in Germany and in Liverpool's Cavern Club with Pete Best as their drummer, were the Beatles truly a Rock Band. For 40 years and more, that term has been applicable to the Rolling Stones and their spawn, whose songs are easily reproducible in their indefatigable concert tours and whose appeal is as much theatrical as musical. Truth is, the Beatles, even in their touring days, didn't care much for performing; they couldn't hear themselves play over their fans' screams. From 1966 on, they were studio musicians, and when McCartney composed his artful melodies...
...benefits to workers are just as significant. A study conducted by Washington State University found that hourly wages at employee-owned firms were five to 12 percent higher than those at other firms and retirement benefits almost three times greater in value. Employee culture tends to improve in concert. For example, W.L. Gore, the worker-owned firm that manufactures Gore-Tex, has no formal “bosses” and is routinely ranked by Fortune as one of America’s best companies to work...
...they showed up: In all shapes and sizes. At Gucci, shrunken jackets and tapered pants gave the suit a rock-concert vibe. Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein also played with proportion, showing combinations of cropped cuts. Metallic touches added to the '80s appeal...
...evening of work that I had created as an undergrad. I’ve been really lucky that I’ve continued in the dance scene here through teaching so I presented this idea to the Dance Program that if I could find the people to do a concert, would it be possible for the Program to host my dance company. They said yes.Since there’s such competition between the dance companies and groups at the Dance Center, I wanted something to complement and not compete with what other student groups were doing. So we?...
...worship (in one video, the Democratic candidate was presented to the world like the royal cub in The Lion King) to his impatience with the friendly interplay between Obama and audience members at his first health-care town-hall meeting: "Is this a town hall or a Tom Jones concert...