Word: gems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second set included a sweet "Box of Rain," featuring some of the tightest four-part harmonies heard in recent memory as well as an excellent lead vocal by the seldom-heard bassist Phil Lesh. Another late gem was a soft, gentle version of "Black Peter...
...expertise on foreign affairs seems limited to an in-depth knowledge of the Mexican "job-sucking" worker. Perot's main contribution on foreign policy was this gem in one of last year's presidential debates: "China is a large country with many provinces." Undeniably true, but even the domestically-oriented Clinton managed more insight...
...Joel's gem is the sleepytime title tune. Its consonant-poppin' lyric charts a land where pop merges with gospel, black embraces white, dread is absolved by belief -- in God, in dreams, in the rolling sing-along cadence of a doo-wop bass line. "We all end in the ocean,/ We all start in the streams,/ We're all carried along/ By the river of dreams." And by effortlessly sophisticated, perfectly primal music. It makes the journey of faith as jaunty as a Nintendo quest...
...prices are lower than Herrell's and Steve's, but make no mistake. In a lesser city than Cambridge, Toscanini's would be considered an ice cream crown jewel. As it is, it's still a gem--and you can see them making the ice cream through the window next door...
Throughout the 1990 championship season, Berkery played beyond her years, scoring clutch after clutch goal. After the season Coach Carole Kleinfelder said, "Liz is a real gem. Being a freshman and having the poise to pull the goalie out and stuff the ball in is something special...