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Mansfield adds that music from the 1930s and 1940s is most suitable for a close-harmony singing group. "Anything that relies on a contemporary sort of drum beat sound is heavily synthesized and doesn't work well...
...difference in U.S. and Argentine preoccupations showed up plainly on the White House South Lawn, where President Reagan first met his visitor. After 21 guns banged out their salute and a fife and drum corps clad in Revolutionary War uniforms tweetled a welcome, Reagan declared that "the flame of liberty burns red-hot in Argentina." Taking note of Argentina's woes, Reagan advocated making "tough decisions" in the economic sphere, meaning austerity, as the best solution leading to recovery. Reagan also took the opportunity to extol his own hard-line policies in Central America, particularly vis-a-vis the leftist...
...forced to sell off some business assets after her financial advisers abscond with all her cash. One of those assets, she discovers, is a detective agency run by David Addison, a TV- obsessed private eye with boundless self-confidence but few clients. She tries to help him drum up business, but they are rarely on the same wavelength. "This is always how I imagined it would be with a partner," he enthuses. "Two people working shoulder to shoulder, seeing eye to eye . . ." "Eating hand to mouth," she ripostes...
CESAR CHAVEZ, the head of the United Farm Workers (UFW), was in town this week to drum up support for a new grape boycott. It seems the governor of California, George Deukmejian, has turned a deaf ear to the plight of the impoverished--in some cases, starving--laborers, in sharp contrast to the open-arms policies of Chavez old friend, former governer Jerry Brown. Chavez objects specifically to Deukmejian's recent line-veto of an appropriation by the state congress which was to speed up the collection of millions of dollars in back pay owed the workers. But that issue...
Three women in yellow dance against an aqua blue set. The strength in their arms legs and head is displayed at every moment. As the drum pounds, they roll, kick and stretch out their powerful arms. Two men join them and a wailing, almost painful melody takes over. The dancers' agonizing movements mimic the music...