Word: drumbeat
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...Corporation, including their friends and former Harvard officials, say that as the board’s most senior member, Houghton effectively exercises veto or approval power over nearly every major decision at the University. His support would be essential if the president were to survive the growing drumbeat of criticism...
...elegant southern buckskin dance and the men's more strenuous war dance. More than 20,000 Indians and tourists attend to watch elders conduct rites?in the understated yet powerful gourd dance, men pay tribute to the warrior spirit by shaking rattles and lifting their heels to a hypnotic drumbeat. "They're not just performing for the crowd, but conducting ancient rituals," says Connie Hart Yellowman, director of the Red Earth Festival. "It's a time to socialize for Native Americans. Some people haven't seen each other since last year's powwow." Red Earth honors Native American culture...
...album that nods at Led Zeppelin's greatness while not being overpowered by it. "There's no point in talking about the dim past," he boasts, "because this album really does say, 'Good morning.'" Shine It All Around, the first single from Mighty Rearranger, kicks off with a steady drumbeat that echoes the opening bars of Zeppelin's colossal When The Levee Breaks. But then the track quickly mutates into a soaring, optimistic epic as Plant declares, "These are the times of my life/ Bright and strong and golden." He's right, and the album shines brightest when Plant mixes...
...almost literally the beginning. I don't recall if I saw any films before Star Wars, and afterward I evaluated every film against it. I liked seeing 20th Century Fox movies just so I could catch the studio's martial drumbeat theme, which precedes the words "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ..." Upon hearing the Fox drums, I always hoped the projectionist would roll Star Wars and not, say, Chariots of Fire, which my parents cruelly sold to me and my brother as "a movie about racing." My first non-kid's movie was Corvette Summer...
...college experience. Don’t put off listening to it until you graduate or go off on summer activities. It’s about growing up, staying up late, marking your territory, and falling into grown-up love. And it’s all set to a dancepunk drumbeat, somehow...