Word: ear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard also uses the "old boy" network, the staffer adds. Because of the huge number of former Harvard students and faculty members in federal agencies and on Capitol Hill, Harvard can often find a sympathetic ear...
Next came the turn of those who wished to present their petitions orally. Some knelt before Fahd, who was now seated. Others whispered in his ear, addressing him simply by his first name. The Prince listened to all patiently, occasionally murmuring instructions to his assistants. Among the first petitioners was an aged, crippled, nearly blind man, barefoot and leaning on a cane. He was destitute and was asking for money. Another petitioner had a pregnant wife; he also pleaded for princely largesse. A third needed help to rebuild his house, which had burned down. Another came from a remote district...
...after hearing the stylus grind through the heart-beat strains of Street Hassle yet another time, it is clear that the future of rock is here. Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and even Willie Loco and Blondie have proven to be ear-catchers out of the stacks, the kind of stuff that turns your heart nicely the first time you hear it, so you stop and think about what you just heard and place the stylus back a bit so you can hear it again. Street Hassle is more than just a collection of songs. The first side is a fluent...
With Geronimo Rex (1972), Barry Hannah emerged as a first novelist with an innate gift for gab. His mockepic saga of growing up wacky during the '50s and '60s hummed down the groove of black humor but spun with Southern English. Hannah revealed an ear for the palaver that still goes on around Confederate monuments, as well as for the eloquent cadences of Faulkner and Joyce...
...Myers's attempt to portray the noble and tragic emperor gets bogged down in a cycle of sad, mournful, barely audible line-readings followed by maniacal, ear-shattering ranting and ravings. Myers fails to stress the other side of the emperor--the cool, calculating, dispassionate side. After a while, the audience feels like it is on a roller-coaster--one gets the stop-and-start effect, but it's a little difficult to enjoy the scenery. He does show potential in his final soliloquy, as well as in the last moments of the play when he risks his health...