Word: directed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cocteau Twins' vocal texture, 10,000 Maniacs' ethereal instrumentation and The Smiths' all-around indie dynamism. When The Sundays accompanied Belly on their 1990-91 tour of the UK, the two female vocalists naturally became the focus of similar scrutiny: whereas Belly's frontwoman Tanya Donelly balanced her more direct and powerful voice against mysterious and effervescent orchestration, The Sundays' Harriet Wheeler used her gentler tone to sing the audience lullabies instead...
...Because of the way we have operated, and because of the laws out here in California, there's not too many things that change for us," Biswell said. "We direct the workers, they harvest the grapes, and they're able to put together a good box of grapes...
Finding means to increase support for student groups is the number one priority. Direct solicitation of alumni for funds, providing vans for student group transportation use and negotiating reduced fees for campus performance spaces are just the first steps. If the President and Vice President focus on this type of issue, then there is a chance for real progress to made in improving student life on campus...
...grow by leaps and bounds in Asia. Says the prince: "Liberalization of media and entertainment in China and India will have a tremendous boost on News Corp. shares." Motorola is already in China. Earlier this year, Alwaleed made a 15-nation scouting trip through Asia and placed his first direct investment, taking a piece of the Shanghai Trade Center, which will be the tallest skyscraper in the world when it is finished...
...parade of parvenus is the strange but direct result of federal campaign-finance laws that set limits on the amount of money most candidates can raise from any single donor. While typical wannabes might go to five donors to raise $10,000, a rich counterpart can just write a check and devote time normally spent at fund raisers to winning votes instead. That explains why the parties narrowcast for fat-walleted candidates who can shoulder the burden themselves. It also explains why elders of both parties quietly persuaded the authors of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill to remove...