Word: dose
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...large extent, commercial conservatism has put a crimp in rock's evolution. It's a matter of survival for "AOR" radio -- stations that play album-oriented rock -- to coddle their audience (usually in the 25-to-44 age group) with a steady dose of oldies. "We find that classic rock is what most people want to hear," says Mark Chernoff, program director at New York City's K-ROCK. "They like the familiarity." K-ROCK and similar stations may play a new Eric Clapton record relentlessly ("We will beat it to death," Chernoff says), but they go easy on breaking...
Thus far, his life resembles that of any number of promising jazz musicians: hour after hour spent with saxophone in mouth or ear bent towards a scratchy Coltrane recording, performances at bar mitzvahs, weddings or wherever he's wanted, and a healthy dose of optimism for the future...
...think a survey of this sort has to be taken with a heavy dose of salt," Clark said...
Attitude goes a long way in show business, and the cast of What the Butler Saw certainly embodied the idea of positive thinking. They combined wit and energy with a humorous dose of high-handedness to make this production outstanding...
AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE (PBS, March 20, 22). The anthology series opens its 10th season with a double dose of Broadway: Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim's musical twist on Grimms' fairy tales, and The Grapes of Wrath, the Steppenwolf Theater's adaptation of Steinbeck's Depression novel...