Word: crash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jeff Beck Group has a number called "Beck's Boogie" that the group does early in each show. The format is simple: Beck plays the melody of the line "Mary had a little lamb" solo, and then the rest of the players crash in with a few bars of straight percussion. Silence again, and Beck repeats the phrase. Each time, however, he does it a little differently and uses different elements of the guitar. Once he plays it entirely on the frets, once using wah-wah pedal, once slapping the strings with his open palm. The improvisation gets more...
Total silence. Beck is hunched producing a single beep note that gets louder and louder, Waller adjusts his drums, louder and louder and then with a deafening roar the number ends with one crash of a plunging swathe of richly textured sound. It's a good night at the Boston Tea Party.NICKY HOPKINS...
...fault" principle guarantees protection in all cases, and removes the need for court litigation. Currently, a person injured in a crash must prove negligence on the part of the other driver to collect for damages. A driver must carry additional insurance if he wishes to collect when he is at fault...
Neither Keeton nor O'Connell worked directly with the association in formulating the proposal. Their ideas on auto insurance were published in their book, After Cars Crash, written after a three-year study...
...Negro, the play peculiarly caters to the stereotyped image of the Negro as forever singing, dancing, fighting, drinking and wenching. As for the question of racial injustice, the play provides a kind of false catharsis. It is the equivalent of appointing a congressional committee to investigate an air crash. It eases the conscience without facing the tragedy...