Word: crescendoed
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...announcement’s crescendo even called for “a new birth of freedom,” borrowing verbatim from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Calling for national unity, Lincoln said in 1858, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” “Divided, we are bound to fail,” would-be President Obama said, on the same note, 149 years later...
...first song on Arcade Fire’s newest album, “Neon Bible,” is the musical equivalent of the feeling a dog must get right before a storm. Starting off with a noise that only foreshadows the expanding thunder sound that follows, this portentous crescendo is finally interrupted by the percussive minor piano chords that go on to frame the song. Take this next to “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels),” the opening song on the band’s previous and debut album “Funeral.” Like...
...minds of buyers and sellers and offer more than a glimpse of their feelings about the current market. Take for example the simple search for "housing bubble." As bad news continues to build around the housing market, you would expect that "housing bubble" searches would be nearing a crescendo. Actually, the opposite is true...
...crescendo of complaints from Congress and elsewhere over Negroponte's move stems from the feeling that he's leaving a job undone. One senior legislator, who had many complaints about Negroponte's tenure, nonetheless told TIME, "I would have preferred to have him stay." But in the end, the decision was Bush's. "John and I both know that change can be unsettling," Bush said in appointing Negroponte to the job in February 2005 (he took office three months later), "and so, therefore, I'm sure there's some people out there wondering right now what this means for their...
...rivals and belly dancers race around the circular arena on their beautiful steeds, as dueling bands-strings from Transylvania and brass from Moldavia-drive the whole spectacle toward climax. Battuta offers feasts and romance, weddings and funerals, imbuing them with the absurdity and surrealism of dreams. As the furious crescendo finally tapers and night falls, a violin draws a melancholic tune while the caravan beds down, their horses shifting in the darkness. After the show you won't want to leave, and may sit down and order a feast of your own in the velvet-curtained dining pavilion...