Word: hoedown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There. There's a dexterous quartet of musical themes, a la Les Miz. And though a song whose refrain is, more or less, "Shut your flicking face, Uncle Flicka" would seem to have little room for musical wit, ace arranger Marc Shaiman turns it into an Oklahoma hoedown, with kids chirping like obscene Chipmunks...
...world's most feared monopolist, your ruthless predations the subject of a Justice Department probe. So what do you do to get away from it all? Get a cool haircut and party down amongst your fellow geeks. At last week's Comdex, the computer industry's annual Las Vegas hoedown, Wild BILL GATES was feeling the groove at the Harley-Davidson Club on the Strip, dancing with the commoners until the wee hours. To see for yourself, go to ZDNet's PC Week Online zdnet.com/pcweek for a video playback of the Microsoft chairman's floor technique...
...Cotillion" evoked, somewhat to its own disadvantage, a scene from another DeMille ballet: "Hoedown" from Rodeo. The percussion produced by the orchestra seemed too heavy here, but was just right for the burlesque "Epilogue," an exciting Howard Hanson-meets-Bernard Herrman affair...
...section of the Lone Star State that is studded with 500 software companies and 1,000 high-tech manufacturers such as IBM and South Korea's Samsung. (The electronics giant broke ground last year on a $1.3 billion semiconductor plant with a Texas-size rodeo and hoedown.) Such employers are looking to hire 15,000 people this year, notably experienced programmers and top-level managers. Entry-level slots are also available: high school grads with some technical training can pull down $26,000 to $28,000 a year as technicians at semiconductor plants, and pocket $40,000 after four...
...Court decision, nearly half of Texas' districts will have new primaries on Nov. 5 and runoff elections--if no candidate receives a majority--in December. Thus the outcome of the battle for control of the U.S. House could have to wait a month, while Texans finish their wild political hoedown...