Word: mannerize
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...finally joined his band on stage. With his shirt partly tucked and his tie loosely knotted, the Spear seemed to make a rather casual nod toward formality. After introducing the lyrics to another of his '70s classics, "Jah No Dead," the Spear finished the tune out in the same manner that he would close many songs throughout the show-wailing away at his congas...
...Bach cantata, you may not know enough about how it worked or when it first was performed. These five pieces also span a broad history of music. We go from the very late Renaissance to 20th-century music. For a person who only studies music in a limited manner, this book may provide guideposts. Furthermore, these are all large-scale pieces. A whole society has to get involved in these performances. People have to copy parts, sweep orange peels, sell tickets, play in the orchestra, etc. Lastly, these pieces all tell a story, they're all narratives of some sort...
...Each state shall appoint, in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs, a slate of electors...
...acting now to reject the Florida Supreme Court's unwarranted intrusion into the regulation of the manner of appointing electors, this court will eliminate the potential for a constitutional crisis arising out of an unseemly conflict among Florida's legislative and judicial branches regarding the appointment of electors," the Tuesday filing read...
...Besides the "in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs" passage in the U.S. Constitution, an 1845 federal law gives state legislatures the power to choose the method of elector appointment if the state "has failed to make a choice on the day provided by law." Republicans argue that that day was November 7, and with the electorate still undecided, the Dec. 12 deadline is in danger from Gore's lawyers. Democrats argue that the voters did choose on Nov. 7, and we just don't know what the choice...