Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cast is urged toward caricature, then plays through it, with Seth magnificent as a mandarin socialist in decay. He is the eloquent conscience of a people stranded in a land whose imperial sun has set. Alas, they are too busy making it, on the empire's old terms, to listen...
European reaction to the Reagan plan was generally favorable, with some misgivings. Said one West German arms control expert: "It speaks well for the credibility of the Americans that they were ready to listen to their European allies." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government supported Reagan's plan but insisted that any agreement on nuclear missiles include two shorter-range tactical Soviet missiles--the SS-21 and SS-22--that are stationed in Eastern Europe. Thatcher is unwilling at the moment to abandon plans to modernize the British force with new Trident II (D-5) submarine- launched nuclear missiles...
...first, Business sounds much the same as last year's uninspired debut effort, but listen closer and you'll discover several excellent sections embedded within otherwise bland material. The liveliest, most adventuresome song here is the recently released single, "All the Kings Horses." Here Tony Franklin's keyboards actually dominate the song. They sweep up and down and back, then drop to near silence, except for Rodgers' cool and restrained vocals. Similar to the opening to Van Halen's 1984, the keyboards provide a musical foil for an oscillating rhythm section...
...Congressmen became more independent of committee chairmen and party chieftains, they have tended to listen more to the folks back home. Predictably, however, lobbyists have skillfully found ways to manipulate so- called grass-roots support. Direct-mail outfits, armed with computer banks that are stocked with targeting groups, can create "instant constituencies" for special-interest bills. To repeal a 1982 provision requiring tax withholding on dividends and interest, the small banks and thrifts hired a mass-mailing firm to launch a letter-writing campaign that flooded congressional offices with some 22 million pieces of mail. The bankers' scare tactics were...
...reality, the vast majority of delegates does no more than listen to a string of speeches on foreign policy, economic objectives and the role of the party. When asked to vote on proposals, delegates raise red credential books in approval. The propositions have been hammered out long before in the party's Central Committee, where true power resides...