Word: heard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Students who heard Wilson speak said her description of the new ways that the NAACP is working encouraged them, but said the group should balance its old and new images and activities...
...forward and gripped the balustrade pugnaciously, arms outstretched. His rugged 5 ft. 10½ in. frame, craggy high-cheekboned Slavic features and athletic posture all bespoke self-confidence and authority. "Blessed be Jesus Christ," he began in his firm, resonant baritone voice. It was a traditional Italian priestly salutation, rarely heard in recent years. "May he always be blessed," the crowd replied. "Even if I am not sure that I can express myself well in your ?our?Italian language [applause], you will correct me if I make a mistake." In fact, his slightly accented Italian was so polished that this...
...press publishes missals, books and journals, with the proviso that they have no political content. (The government worries particularly about nationalist sentiments among the predominantly Catholic Croats.) Yugoslav Christians are relatively lucky. In 1967 neighboring Albania proclaimed itself the world's "first atheist state," and little has been heard from the remaining Christians in the country since...
What is wrong is the bankable-star problem. This means that banks will not back a big film unless the star is someone even a banker has heard of. Thus, when you want to cast a black version of The Wizard of Oz, you do not hold an audition for beautiful teen-age black girls who can sing like crazy, though the possibilities of such an audition stagger the imagination. You sign up Diana Ross, who is beautiful, sings Like crazy, and is known to bankers from a career dating back to the early '60s, when...
...Coordination Acoustique/Musique. IRCAM is a hushed place that fairly radiates energy and cerebration. Here the ordinateur, as the French call a computer, reigns. In one lab, a group is seeking its aid in constructing a new, futuristic flute. In another, a composer is using it to produce a sound heard so far only in his own head...