Word: echoeing
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From "Listening in the Dark," by Donald R. Griffin (1958)--a study of echo-location in bats and other animals...
With five more Met performances ahead of him and the strong echo of his successes with the Philharmonic behind, Maazel is full of the old chutzpah again."I must say,'' he says eagerly, ''that I'm proud of what I've done, not only for myself but for the image of the American artist abroad. Forget this expatriate business-the thing that matters is that one of my concerts in Prague, say, does more for good will than years and years of propagandizing by the embassy. People from the embassy have told me this...
...Being Taken In. To Keniston. who feels that "true politics" should indeed concern collegians, a key deterrent is campus politics. By dealing only with trivia, he says, student government subtly argues that only "omnicompetent officials" have the wisdom to make real policy decisions. Even more subtle is an echo from the McCarthy era-not fear of speaking out. but fear of being taken in. Given the abiding American fear of being a sucker, says Keniston. McCarthy's allusions to "unwitting dupes" still make collegians wary of offbeat ideas...
...circumstances under which these drugs as taken inevitably affect the subjective experience. Unfortunately the formal warning against "mind-distorting" drugs is now part of the situation at Cambridge. The echo of this official Sound will cause all sorts of nervous crises, not the drugs...
...star soloist on Miller's sing-along program, she has proved herself the best girl singer since Rosemary Clooney. Her talent is evidence that not all teen-age singers are indiscriminately scraped up off the sidewalks and shoved into echo chambers. She has the range of mood and inflection to do everything from Clang Clang Clang Went the Trolley to religious songs at Christmastime...