Word: hymned
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...made by William McChesney Martin Jr. in his "1920s speech" three weeks ago. President Johnson, who often uses the jawbone technique to get things done, called upon just about everyone on his team - with the understandable exception of Bill Martin - to soothe Wall Street's jittery nerves and hymn the economy's health. It was quite a performance, and it worked...
Expanding Volume. Ads seduce the eye and ear everywhere in Asia. They blink in neon from signs that share the skyline with Bangkok's temple spires and from plump helium balloons in the skies over Taipei. Billboards in Rangoon hymn a product called "Monkey Brain Tonic." In Thailand, such popular TV shows as Alfred Hitchcock and The Deputy are often interrupted by commercials that run up to 15 minutes, and many of the country's 80 commercial radio stations carry eight-minute plugs-partly because time sells for as little as $1 a minute...
...state convention in Solingen last week, he appealed for a "purified patriotism" and demanded reinstatement of the first two verses of the German anthem (including the famous "Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles . . ."), which were originally banned by the Allies, and were left out of the national hymn after the occupation. He has also emphasized that his party opposed reparations and aid for Israel, as well as extending the statute of limitations on Nazi war crimes. Though an opponent of former Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, Mende, like Strauss, justifies his opposition to the extension of the statute by referring...
...doom-laden theme in the basses sounded against a background of Nearer, My God, to Thee, softly played by a chamber ensemble isolated at the rear of the orchestra. Then the violins joined in with The Sweet Bye and Bye, intertwined with clashes of brass and drums and another hymn sung by an 18-voice chorus. The second movement, beginning with a blaring Marching Through Georgia, erupted into a cacophonous frenzy, while above and below individual instruments unconcernedly picked out Yankee Doodle and Turkey in the Straw, After a soothingly lovely third movement, the work ended with a majestic, anthem...
...members of the Choir speak Russian, and they sing from transliterations. Nevertheless, their diction was excellent. Even in the hymn "Lord, Have Mercy," in which an extremely difficult phrase is repeated rapidly and loudly, their pronounciation was flawless...