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Word: listenability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...track mixes, which can only be played in special machines for stores across the country. This censorship of music through mechanical means irks Kinko's employee Shawn Griffin, who has abandoned three separate Starbucks jobs to escape working with people who didn't know how to have fun or listen to music. "[After a while] you don't really notice it's on anymore," he says, "because these extended length tapes of bubble-gum pop just play over and over and over." Griffin stays at Kinko's because he has learned how to beat their Muzak system by bringing...

Author: By F. G. Tilney, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Music Vs. Muzak | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...official outline of its political projects for the new parliamentary session. The speech is still delivered before the House of Lords, even though that chamber ceased to have real power many years ago. An officer in a funny dress still summons the members of the House Commons to listen to the Queen's speech, and the Commons still slam the door in his face and keep it closed until he has knocked three times with his staff (all to commemorate a historical episode when the Commons refused to surrender several of their own who had run afoul of the king...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: The Queen In Parliament | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

...future, WHRB hopes to offer separate Internet channels for different departments, to satisfy all different types of listeners, and to enable people to listen to whatever type of music they prefer 24 hours a day, McCormick said...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: WHRB Takes Shows to the Internet | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

...Listen," I say. "How come all your questions have to do with appearance? Don't you have any questions of substance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hugo Boss for Prez! | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...called Bringing Out the Elvis. But while Twain often comes across as gimmicky, the songs on Hill's new album--though none aspire to great art--are tastefully rendered. Hill even serves up a romantic cover of a Bruce Springsteen song, If I Should Fall Behind. As you listen, it's hard not to picture Dawson giving Joey a kiss on the cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Breathe | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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