Word: mannerize
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...music that they grew up with in the eighties. It also demonstrates Prince's ability to change his sound, his themes (although he never gets more than a few verses away from a reference to sex) and still permeate each track with his musical and emotional personality in a manner that invites comparisons to the late Miles Davis. Both men's music is characterized by a vision of diversity and immediacy which rarely sacrifices quality...
...into the biggest film assemblage at any university in the country, Jones is raising funds to purchase a particular film collection. He feels that it is "very, very important" to have such a resource available to students. "Like language labs, the HFA must be available in a similar manner," says Jones...
This argument misses the point entirely. There is no such thing as a good stereotype; if someone forms a preconceived notion of your abilities and manner from the tone of your skin or the slant of your eyes, you are dehumanized. You become an object, mass produced with certain standard characteristics...
Over the years Midler saw the Russell film and Lansbury and Daly on stage. She never saw Merman. Yet it was Merman, whose voice and manner were as brassy as Midler's own, who haunted her. "It was one of those legendary performances I'd always heard about. Her spirit and the history of the part were always looming over me." There are moments when she seems inhabited by Merman's ghost, either in vocal inflections or in her movements, which are occasionally as corseted and semaphoric as the Merm's. Yet for the most part, Midler makes the role...
...Your articles have presented biased accounts, misrepresentation of information, factual inaccuracies and have on numerous occasions verged on libel. As [graduate] students in NELC, we feel that it is our responsibility to inform the Harvard community of information which has not been reported in a responsible and impartial manner...