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Word: drumming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Secretary of State James Baker in creating the emerging post-postwar European order? Until now the U.S. Administration has seemed like a father pacing in a waiting room: proud that things have come so far, intensely interested in the outcome, but not able to do much more than drum his fingers -- and worry quietly about whether the baby will be healthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Peering into Europe's Future | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...play is slickly produced, with the music--a flute and a drum--well integrated into the performance. The production does a good job of evoking an aura of the surreal, except when it tries too hard and overdoes it during the dream sequence, making the scene seem cliched...

Author: By Stephen E. Frug, | Title: Jailhouse Talk | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...Clapton's newest release. "Pretending" leads off with a clever little piano introduction which segues into a brief Clapton guitar riff. But, as in much of Clapton's '80s releases, his guitar is kept firmly in the background, behind synthesized horns and a synth organ, dominated by a programmed drum kit which keeps an unnecessarily imposing beat...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sticks to Your Shoes | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...close your eyes during the final guitar solo at the end of "Before You Accuse Me," you just might think you're listening to an old Bluesbreakers tune. But you're not. Eric Clapton's Journeyman has planted him firmly in the 1980s world of synthesizers and drum kits. The few blues songs that prop up this album seem sadly anachronistic in an arena of bubble...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sticks to Your Shoes | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

...same time, Democrats outside Cambridge are using the Republican threat to drum up support for their primary candidacies...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: GOP Hopes Are High for 1990 Election | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

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