Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...listen to the Republicans talk about it, the possible eradication of CPB is not an attack on Bert and Ernie but rather an assault on a liberal propaganda machine that has no right to receive federal funding...
Unfortunately, as with most truly artistic music, in order to listen to any Cecil Taylor at all, let alone thirty straight hours of it, one has to really want to. Taylor's music is both emotionally draining and almost physically demanding. There is simply no way to listen to it passively, as the listener is constantly bombarded with screaming sheets of note-clusters, unexpected exclamations, and a frenetic rhythmic pulse that makes sitting still virtually impossible...
Herbert J. Vallier, the police department's assistant director for finance and administration, said such a liaison will visit periodically to advise house residents about security measures. The liaison will also listen to and act upon residents' concerns, Vallier said...
...been distant. Newt had called Bob a few weeks earlier to break the ice. "I want to thank you for being an influence in my life," said the Speaker-to-be. "You had a great deal to do with me being where I am today." Bob Gingrich could only listen in silence. Last week he was almost as taciturn, explaining his decision to sit simply: "After the third standing ovation, it gets a little old." Said the Speaker of his father: "He is a good infantryman who is highly disciplined and deeply trained to avoid emotion." As for himself, Newt...
...Coach Worthington is hoping that the 10-hour days, which begin with one-armed pushups and a 105-min. weight-lifting and aerobic regime and continue with intensive tacking and jibing duels on Koch's two 1992 boats, will narrow the gap in strength and skill. "Men don't listen to coaches because their egos get in the way," he says. "But these women are so eager to learn. I get choked up thinking about how far they've come and how determined they...