Word: fused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...foot on a rug. Said safety-board officer Peter Goelz: "We had no idea how little energy it took to cause an explosion." Hall remarked, "I for one don't see how every ignition source can ever be eliminated." The obvious conclusion: instead of trying to snuff every minuscule fuse, designers should disarm the fuel-tank bomb...
...slurred rap, chanting and Jamaican patois, supported by R.-and-B. backup singers. His songs are often built around samples; Original Man draws liberally from the bass groove of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. Capleton's talent lies in his ability to fuse gangsta-rap energy with socially conscious lyrics: the album's premier track, It Hurts My Heart, explodes with vitality and purpose...
...delights. Why the delay, Dartboard asks? If the machine is here, let's crank it up ASAP. But the FroYo gods evidently did not consult with Hephaestus and his team of electricity gods before smiling on Lowellians. Circuitry in the dining hall requires some reworking lest Harvardians blow a fuse or two while mixing strawberry and cappuccino...
...fire was caused by a "blown fuse in a nearby building," according to Sharmila Sohoni '98, CityStep's private- and corporate-donations producer...
Frivolities like these further fragment the effect of the whole. In general, there's no real sense of tension or heartbreak in this production. It's there in bits and pieces, but these just doesn't fuse into the one continuously rising dramatic arc of emotion that the music so darkly promises. In the end, you feel you've just seen a series of well-sung pieces--not the complete work of art we think of as great opera...