Word: half-an-hour
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This is not to say that what she does is no longer effective. Packed into the little more than half-an-hour's worth of music is the same startling harmonies and clear, almost heavenly voice that made Enya a favorite of fans around the globe. Unfortunately this very music now appears hollow, lacking the spirituality that her previous albums embodied (for example, the sense of sadness pervading throughout Watermark). And without that center, what is left is what A Day Without Rain is: a candy-covered shell. B- -Jimmy...
Because Driskell co-sponsored the bill, she ceded the chair to Burton who throughout his tenure has faced opposition from other council members. Last spring, the council held up a meeting by half-an-hour overruling Burton's attendance taking...
...foot to the other ever more quickly and glancing every few seconds at our watches because every moment feels like an hour when you have a plane to catch. Fortunately, I had a late flight and had plenty of time. The Dins were not so lucky. After half-an-hour they bolted for the T (and I with them), and barely made their flight...
...Chris and Martin Kratt have added the element perennially missing from TV wildlife shows: wit. At the same time, they have deleted other elements usually all too evident: the funereal music, the somber voice of an offscreen narrator, and the snooty self-importance. Airing weekdays on PBS, the half-an-hour series is aimed at six-to-11-year-olds, but the hosts' offbeat affability and unpatronizing tone have made it a favorite among grownups too. In many areas ratings for Kratts' Creatures have doubled since its debut in June, fan mail for the brothers swarms into PBS offices daily...
...Turow in his law office in Chicago's Sears Tower, Gray found the best-selling novelist friendly but also rather circumspect. "He is, after all, an attorney," says Gray. "He measures his words carefully." But when the venue shifted to the comfortable writing den in Turow's home, half-an-hour's train ride away, conversation loosened up. "When we talked about literature, the enthusiasm bubbled up," says Gray. "Turow gets extremely animated when he talks about writers. It was like a college session, with two instructors getting together over a beer...