Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...songs on That Thing You Do! are faithful parodies: tight, with short verses and catchy tunes. Listen to Hanks describe the That Thing You Do! title tune, written by 28-year-old Adam Schlesinger: "There's a driving rhythm, and as it goes into the second chorus the entire crowd picks up on the beat. The singer steps back from the mike, the guitarist goes into a stumbling yet evocative solo, then it ends with a soul-satisfying bomp-bomp-bomp Waaaaangtwiddlelip!" The CD also has a song called I Need You (That Thing You Do), similar to the first...
...sections--the worst of the bunch. The first-years annoy you--they do all the reading. Sophomores are fine, but they also do a lot of reading. You are busy with seminars, conference courses, pre-thesis activities and the like. The last thing you need is an hour to listen while students eagerly call out and give a soliloquy on Michelangelo or Beethoven's Ninth. You have lost all patience by now. This is for somebody else, those who love to hear themselves speak (and there are some--many), but certainly...
Perhaps the Crimson should read the old proverb about glass houses, or at least listen to the old blues tune, "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself." In the same editorial, the editorial staff whines, "The biggest hope for Democratic initiative in the next four years is a jobs bill...." The Crimson is welcome to yearn for the days of the nanny state, but must it really claim that such old nonsense represents the future? Even Dick Gephardt claims no longer to believe in Big Government, Provider of Jobs. Apparently the Crimson staff has watched the movie Dave...
...cuffless blue suits and his wispy, ginger-colored hair, he comes across as exactly what he is: careful and deliberate, encouraging but rarely inspiring. Where Gingrich prefers to back his opponents up against a wall, Gephardt would rather subdue them at the negotiating table. His willingness to sit and listen for hours while others gripe and posture has earned him the nickname "Ironbutt," courtesy of his colleagues...
...Pentagon is asking Gulf War vets who were near Kamisiyah in March 1991 to register for a health exam by calling 1-800-796-9699 or 1-800-749-8387. "There are charges we have not listened to in the past," Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon concedes. "We are trying to listen now." Even more people may be listening soon. The Pentagon announced that the 5,000 notifications--due in the mail as early as this week--may not be the last. It seems that some of the 24,000 troops in the Army's 24th Infantry Division were...