Word: heart-beats
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While her meanings have grown more elusive, Hatfield's melodies--as well as her light, birdlike voice--have grown more assertive. One song, Universal Heart-Beat, puckishly combines R.-and-B. electric-piano tickles with grubby rock-guitar riffs. And the shimmering, lovely Simplicity Is Beautiful is the most moving song she has yet composed. Hatfield's earlier CDs showed promise but didn't fully deliver. The enjoyably ambiguous Only Everything sends a clear message that she's a true talent...
...introduced as the vice-presidential nominee, Quayle acted more like a younger brother-cum-cheerleader than a serious candidate. His almost hysterical joy made him appear even younger than his cherubic face would indicate. And while America loves youth, it doesn't like immaturity in the person one heart-beat away from the presidency...
...environmental president." He doesn't really have much of the vision thing. He wraps himself in the flag and breaks his promises. He possesses the most closely watched heartbeat in the Western Hemisphere and will continue to do so as long as you-know-who remains a heart-beat away...
...weather with a special fascination. But even when the barometer is less mercurial, they pay almost abnormal attention to the weather's moods and the people who predict them. Americans have become chronic weather junkies. They monitor it the way a hypochondriac listens to his own breathing and heart-beat in the middle of the night. Some people, of course, have an urgent need to know: boatmen, farmers, construction workers, streetwalkers. But others whose daily exposure to the hazards of the open air is limited to three minutes between bus stop and office lobby are also curious...
...after hearing the stylus grind through the heart-beat strains of Street Hassle yet another time, it is clear that the future of rock is here. Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and even Willie Loco and Blondie have proven to be ear-catchers out of the stacks, the kind of stuff that turns your heart nicely the first time you hear it, so you stop and think about what you just heard and place the stylus back a bit so you can hear it again. Street Hassle is more than just a collection of songs. The first side is a fluent...