Word: instrumentations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forum for revolt was the House Democratic Caucus, which consists of all 291 Democrats who will begin new terms in January. Long an ineffectual debating society for the party's many factions, it emerged dramatically as an instrument of power. The moderate leadership and ambitious rebels combined to move first against the House Ways and Means Committee and its once indomitable chairman, Wilbur Mills. Earlier this year the House had voted to force Mills to subdivide his committee into four subcommittees with separate chairmen and thus dilute his authority. Angered at his unwillingness to act on such legislation...
...peak like any good sixties guitar (only more delicate), then instead of dropping it letting it shower down intact, shaking leaves off a tree. Everything soars and subsides, but in tiny arcing weblets rather than waves. This is the kind of guitar that can have a conversation with another instrument that's not an emotional confrontation between the actors, but more like dolphins nipping and frolicking. It's the kind of guitar that can tell beautiful stories...
...displayed a clear worry that the army's authority is too great. "The People's Liberation Army must subordinate itself to the centralized leadership of the party," People's Daily sternly editorialized earlier this month. "We must absolutely not permit the army to become an instrument in the hands of careerists...
...drummer in stars and stripes that blink on and off in tune to the big beat. Let Elton John wear trousers that explode. Hartman tops them all with the Guitar Suit, a $5,000, one-piece, silverized affair that makes possible a Flash Gordonesque union of man, music and instrument. Says Hartman: "I feel completely different as a performer...
...Myungs. Because six of the Chungs have the first name Myung (which means "bright, shining like a star"), and even Kyung shares her middle name, Wha, with a sister, individual members are identified to outsiders by the instrument they play.* "Name choosing in Korea is not an easy matter," observes Pianist-Brother Myung-Whun. "A parent just doesn't go to a phone directory. You go to a specialist in making names, maybe a fortuneteller. I'm happy my parents went to the trouble to do it right...