Word: drummed
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...staff has decided that he personally would be eligible for a grant in this election of about $32 million based on his 1992 showing. But FEC lawyers have yet to rule on whether the Reform Party itself is entitled to a subsidy. In the meantime, Perot can beat his drum for his favorite issues and construct a grass-roots organization for the next century. That approach would at least allow Perot to tell himself that his 1996 campaign isn't really, in the end, about...
Formal football games sprung up again, and the Crimson faced the University of Connecticut in its first official game since 1942, winning 7-0. The band and the big drum also appeared after a long period of dormancy, and the cheerleaders were on the field again. The crowds were still at wartime levels, though, when informal play was the only option for diehard football fans...
Fitzpatrick also helps by keeping the range of tempos and melodies varied from song to song. Even for a seasoned Eve's Plum concert-goer, the set list never loses its momentum. The intro drum beats to "Jesus Loves You" get the crowd bouncing on its feet as the audience anticipates the bright, saccharine song. Fitzpatrick stares listeners in the face and grins while singing "They say I'm damned to hell/Well, I'll be damned." The band answers the crowd's expectations, and people applaud the pop song as if begging for an immediate reprise. But the band...
Such 20/20 hindsight is still to come from the pens of Clark and Cochran. And those books, like Darden's and Shapiro's, will no doubt have one thing in common: each writer will work hard to drum up support for his team, even if doing so means dumping a little more dirt on the other...
...orchestra's ability was most in evidence in "Petrushka," a complex work which incorporates Russian folk tunes and avant-garde rhythmic experimentation. Just the number of instruments involved was impressive: everything from piano, harp and celeste to xylophone, snare drum and triangle found a place on the crowded stage. It makes one wonder what HRO would do if the admissions committee ever forgot to admit a harpist...