Word: disruption
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...glockenspiel part. We sang into a Neumann microphone, a piece of German engineering that can send shivers down the spine. Look carefully to behold the soft, silver metals and finely knit wires, I was told. Don't get too close though, don't touch. You wouldn't want to disrupt its vibe. The Neumann did not err in translating our voices to tape, day in and day out. And there were many days, endless days during "overdub hell," as our producer and engineer Matthew Ellard commonly refers...
...production. It significantly cut down on the distinctly European (read: long) running time of the London production, turned the show into more of an ensemble piece (though Mary still tends to dominate) and helped to root the dramatic action in a reality which poltergeists tend to pretty readily disrupt. Though such decisions inevitably raise questions of the sanctity of authorship and the extent of directorial privilege (especially within the context of modern works), Shohet defends her choice to cut the mother's ghost. "Not having an actor play her allows the audience to see her through her daughters, which...
...mere rhetoric, while Bush has congratulated Congress for refusing its ratification. Instead of the signing the CTBT, Bush supports the development of a National Missile Defense, a project that--whatever its merits--is opposed by our allies out of fear that it would upset the balance of power and disrupt the disarmament process...
...sickle logo that had adorned those Russian tanks must look a little bizarre to a Czech population who suffered four decades of the repression, deprivation and tragicomic absurdity of communism; indeed, the standoff between leftist demonstrators and the World Bank and IMF whose summit they're trying to disrupt may be a little farcical, but it's not without its ironies...
...tempting? Clinton, one presumes, is aware of this - and you can bet the oil traders are. For all the political tapdancing and all the careful market-nudging, the tapping of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has put the U.S. energy supply at the mercy of the last man to seriously disrupt...