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Word: ear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...note too long. Africa had sung too many songs to her in a voice she knew was beginning to die. She had to get down on paper as many of them as she could, and do it without losing the haunting beat that had carried these sounds to her ear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Where the Wild Things Were Out of Africa | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Life's a Riot With Spy Versus Spy Etc. (Go-Disk Records) by Billy Bragg: Billy Bragg takes a bit of getting used to. He plays an unaccompanied electric guitar and sings as if he has a pound of cotton jammed in each nostril. After the ear has become accustomed, though, this collection of previously released material, a plethora of political and personal tales of woe, really hits home. "A New England" achieves both the humor and sadness of early Dylan. After all, if the world could grow to love a nasally hick from Hibbing, Minnesota, then...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Music Worth Unwrapping | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Daniel Steiner '54, Bok's trusted aid and dance instructor, stood adjacent to the president throughout the conference, whispering sweet nothings in his ear and sneaking large-denomination bills out of Bok's suit pocket...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Charles Coming, Rosen Going | 12/8/1985 | See Source »

...most people. The sun has set, and the white steeple of Memorial Church contrasts strongly with the dark sky. For two Room 13 counselors, however, the night has just begun. These two students will be on duty for the next 12 hours, offering a warm place and an open ear to all who drop...

Author: By Alice K. Ma, | Title: From Sundown to Sunrise, Room 13 is There | 12/2/1985 | See Source »

...Whoever wrote it had no external sense of metrics or a good ear--and Shakespeare certainly had a good ear," agreed Gwynne B. Evans, Cabot Professor of English Literature Emeritus. "It doesn't strike me as being particularly Shakespearean in any sense...

Author: By Jeffrey P. Meier, | Title: Experts Question Poem's Author | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

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